In December 1838, Bishop Broughton, Bishop of Sydney, sailed for New Zealand with Octavius Hadfield, whom he had just ordained deacon. He landed in the Bay of Islands 21 December. On 5 January 1839, he preached at the first confirmation service in New Zealand. The sermon was subsequently translated into… Read More »Bishop Broughton’s visit to New Zealand in 1838 – 1839
Anglican Church Military Affairs Committee Archive The Anglican Church Military Affairs Committee was established in New Zealand in 1915 and disbanded ca. 2004. A major focus of the Committee was to raise funds to provide huts, with equipment, staffing and maintenance for Chaplains on active service. In addition, all Anglican… Read More »Anglican Church Military Affairs Committee Archive
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)
In February 1899, the Church Missionary Gleaner featured missionary work in the Bay of Plenty with photographs and an article about the mission at Raukokore and at Torere (Church of the Holy Sepulchre), both of which were under the direction of the Rev’d George Maunsell, son of Archdeacon Maunsell. Maunsell… Read More »More from the Church Missionary Gleaner
The Waiapu Church Times (1907-1908) and the Waiapu Church Gazette (1910-1945) were the newspapers of the Diocese of Waiapu. In 1945 the gazette merged with other diocesan newspapers to become Church and People. The issues of the Times and Gazette up to 1945 are now available on Pūmotomoto. The only… Read More »Waiapu Church Gazette
