It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of the Venerable Neil Hansen former Archdeacon of Southland.

In Dunedin Diocese Neil was Vicar of Bluff, Stewart Island, Dunstan, St Kilda, North Invercargill and latterly, St John's Invercargill from 1977-1983 . We give thanks for his many years of ministry.

We pray for his wife Cheryl and others closely associated with him.