A Controversial Churchman edited by Allan K Davidson was launched at St John’s Theological College New Zealand’s first Anglican bishop, George Selwyn, was a towering figure in the young colony. Denounced as a ‘turbulent priest’ for speaking out against Crown practices that dispossessed Māori, he brought a vigorous approach to… Read More »Book Launch: A Controversial Churchman by Allan K Davidson
Living legacy: a history of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland. Edited by Allan K. Davidson. Anglican Diocese of Auckland, 2011. The Anglican Diocese of Auckland resulted from two powerful nineteenth century forces. The first was the Evangelical missionary movement; the second the flood of Anglo-Irish immigrants as part of the… Read More »A living legacy
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
Welcome to the Wiremu Netana Panapa Collection Wiremu Netana Panapa was born in Dargaville in 1898. Panapa was educated at Maropiu School and St Stephen’s Native Boys’ School, Parnell. His grandfather encouraged him to study the Bible and guided him into the service of the Anglican Church. Panapa then entered… Read More »The Wiremu Netana Panapa Collection
Several of the books in the Rare Books collection have the bookplate of CJ Dyson, including the earliest book held, an incunabule – a work of St Ambrose printed in 1874. Until recently nothing was known about Dyson, but a recently discovered entry in John Henry Newman’s published correspondence 31… Read More »Charles Dyson as a donor of books to St John’s College
The Baumber collection consists of 980 books of mostly pre-1900 New Zealand titles, which were given to Trinity Methodist College as the gift of the Rev. William Baumber, minister at Pitt Street Church. The collection is strong in 19th-century settler and visitor accounts of New Zealand. A noteworthy book from the… Read More »Baumber Collection
The compilation covers a colourful history of the Anglican Church of Waikari, the Church of Ascension and vicarage. An interesting read regarding the churches changing facade and a brief history of it’s priests and community.
When the Melanesian Mission Museum at Mission Bay was closed, a number of items were deposited with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and stored at some of their properties. Some Melanesian items were recently returned to the John Kinder Theological Library which holds the Melanesian Mission Trust Board Archives.… Read More »Captain Jacob’s Bible – the story behind a Bible inscription
