We published 11 issues of Tui Motu InterIslands magazine — issues 258-268 — between April 2021 and March 2022.

The April 2021 issue on the theme of Hope in Cooperating / Tumanako ki te mahi tahi focused on aspects of collaborating for surviving well as a local and global community in the pandemic.

The May 2021 issue was on the theme of Work and the Common Good / Mahi me te Pai Whanui. DesignerJane Maisey RSJ visited Tui Motu Office and gave us advice on improving our magazine cover design.

The June 2021 Issue explored Women of Spirit / Wahine Wairua and included several one page reflections on women who had influenced the writers.

The July 2021 issue discussed Relating and Dialogue / Pātaha me te Kōrerorero.

The August 2021 issue focused on Better Politics for All / Whakahaere Tohatoha — personal, state and Church politics.

The September 2021 issue on the Season of Creation / Te Rangi me te Whenua was completed but could not be printed and distributed because of COVID Lockdown. This issue was distributed with the October issue.

The October 2021 issue on the theme of Synodality Walking Together / Huihuinga Whakapono proved to be more popular than usual with our readers because of its discussion and encouragement to think about reforming the Church.

The November 2021 issue explored Facing Suffering and Death / Roimatahia.

The December 2021 issue focused on Peace and Goodwill / He wā o te manaaki as the Christmas theme and also in response to our country and world tiring of the restrictions caused by the pandemic.

The February 2022 issue looked ahead at Our New Normal / He Wahi hou as Aotearoa moved from the holiday season to life with Omicron gradually travelling south through the community. 

The March 2022 issue focused on the needs in our country and world with the theme Hear the Cry of the Poor / Ko te Hunger Rawakore — e hiahia and ki te Tika. 

Australasian Religious Press Association Award

Tui Motu magazine received a bronze award in the category "Best Feature Multiple Authors" from the Australasian Religious Press Awards ARPA.

The award was for the August 2020 issue on the theme "To Act Justly — Hei Mahi Tika".

Congratulations to our writers in this issue: 

Jack Derwin, Kim Workman, Susan Healy, Andrew Becroft, Peter Hay-MacKenzie, Susan Connelly, Massimo Faggioli, Nasili Vaka'uta, Gemma Wilson, Cavaan Wild, Richard Kerr-Bell, Petra Zaleski, Tim O'Farrel and Jenny Collins.

The judge commented: "An impressive range of writers — including a judge, prison chaplain, former head of prisons, investigative journalist, theologian, student and historian — contribute feature articles about living justly. Thoughtfully curated contemporary paintings and photographs complement each piece. The result is absorbing, provocative and satisfying."