A selection of photographs recently added to the Julia Stuart Archive, together with extracts from the paper: The Hikoi of Hope; a confrontation of religious and political cultures mediated by the media. Julia Stuart, 1999. ‘The Hikoi began from fourteen different points in the three islands from which people walked… Read More »Hikoi of Hope – Julia Stuart Archive (ANG 44/3/5)
Plans of the Melanesian Mission Trust Board The Melanesian Mission Trust Board was established in 1862 by Bishop George Selwyn and John Coleridge Patterson to support mission work in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The Board’s original investment was inland in the Kohimarama and Mission Bay areas, with land being… Read More »Melanesian Mission Trust Board Archive plans: (MTB 001/8/14 – 16, 20)
These poignant images of the last resting place of Lance Sergeant Percy Lynden Titchener are from the Archive’s photograph collection. The Lance Sergeant (serial no.15691) was killed in action at El Alamein on October 24, 1942. The photographs were found loose in a book donated to the John Kinder Theological… Read More »Lance Sergeant Percy Lynden Titchener
The Association of Anglican Women in New Zealand The Association of Anglican Women is an umbrella organisation throughout New Zealand and Polynesia. It was formed in 1969 from allied societies such as the Mother’s Union and is open to all women. The Association has two main departments, Overseas &… Read More »The Association of Anglican Women
In October 1842 Bishop Selwyn established an Anglican presence in Taranaki, by obtaining a Crown grant for the land on which the Taranaki Cathedral of St Mary’s church, the oldest stone church in New Zealand, now stands. Selwyn’s intention was to set up a Diocese of Taranaki with its own… Read More »Records of St Mary’s Church New Plymouth
The Anglican Men’s Society was founded in London as the Church of England Men’s Society in 1899 and in New Zealand in 1904. In its heyday it had 82 branches throughout New Zealand. These are the records of the National Council and its activities including conferences. Membership declined until in… Read More »Anglican Men’s Society in New Zealand
A new addition to the archives is the Order of the Society of St. Francis papers The Anglican Society of St Francis is a modern community that came into existence early last century and draws its inspiration from St. Francis of Assisi. The ideals of St Francis, who lived before… Read More »The Third Order of the Society of St. Francis
Florence Smith, first CMS missionary from New Zealand to go to India Florence Smith, born in Nelson in 1872, was the first Church Missionary Society missionary from New Zealand to go to India in 1899. On one occasion she is reputed to have walked thirty-two miles through country rich in… Read More »Florence Smith | CMS NZ Missionary to India
A recent addition to the Julia Stuart archive is a collection of approximately 500 photographs taken by Julia during her time as a media liaison person for Archbishop Brian Davis. Julia Stuart worked closely with the Anglican Commission on Communication between 1991 and 1999 and prior to that was Press… Read More »Julia Stuart Archive – Photograph Collection
Rev’d Douglas Kidd’s lecture notes make for a brilliant archival piece A number of former students of St John’s College and Trinity Methodist College have deposited the lecture notes that they took as a student. These may seem an odd choice for inclusion in an archive, but in fact, these… Read More »Lecture notes as a source of historical information
