Archbishop David Moxon is Bishop of Waikato, the Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Diocese and co presiding Bishop in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
When Bishop David Moxon was ordained bishop on 13 August 1993, he was the youngest New Zealand Bishop.
Born in Palmerston North on 6 September, 1951, he attended Freyberg High School. He undertook tertiary study at Canterbury and Massey Universities, and at Oxford, England. He holds two Masters of Arts degrees: in education with honours from Massey University, and in theology from Oxford. He also has a Licenciate of Theology (Aotearoa) and a Diploma of Maori Studies from Waikato University.
Before training to become a priest, Bishop Moxon served a term as a youth worker with Volunteer Service Abroad in Fiji, and then worked as a tutor in the Education Department at Massey University.
He was ordained to the priesthood in 1979 in the Diocese of Waiapu, and was a curate in the parish of Havelock North: he also served as Chairperson of the Diocesan Youth Council. He became Vicar of Gate Pa (Tauranga) in 1981. In 1987 he was appointed as Director of Theological Education by Extension for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand, and Polynesia. During this period he edited "An Education for Liturgy Kit", a Christian Initiation Resource Kit and a Bi-cultural Education Resource Kit. He was elected Bishop of Waikato in 1993. He was elected Archbishop and co presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia in 2006.
Bishop Moxon has been heavily involved in liturgical education and development, and was a member of the Commission which produced A New/Zealand Prayer Book: He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa. He has been at the forefront of developments in Local Shared Ministry, a concept that has been of particular interest in parts of the Diocese of Waikato. He presently co-chairs the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission of Aotoearoa New Zealand and represents New Zealand on the St George's College, Jerusalem, Australasian Committee and the Australasian Advisory Council on the Religious Life. He is the Liaison Bishop for Anglican Religious in Aotearoa New Zealand, and Polynesia and also represents the Bishops on the Tikanga Pakeha Anglican Care Network.
Bishop Moxon is married to Tureiti, who is of Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Tahu descent. Tureiti was trained in early childhood education and then in law. She is currently the Director of Te Kohao Health, an urban marae-based Maori health unit in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton.
They have four children.
