The Kinder Library now holds the New Zealand Church Missionary Society archive When the New Zealand Church Missionary Association was formed in 1892, the constitution of the Association defined its aims and objectives as “… a society of members of the Church of the Province of New Zealand, based upon… Read More »The New Zealand Church Missionary Society Archive
The life of Julia Farr Australian-born Julia Farr grew up in a prominent Adelaide family with strong connections to the Anglican Church and to the work of John Coleridge Patteson, bissionary Bishop of Melanesia from 1861 to 1871. In 1878, Patteson’s successor, Bishop John Selwyn stayed with the Farr family… Read More »Julia Farr Archive
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)
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 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
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 Rev John Vincent was Vicar of Hinds from 1958 to 1960, Vicar of Riccarton St. James from 1966 to 1972 and Vicar of Hororata (Christchurch Diocese) from 1972 until his sudden death in July 1975. He was also much involved in religious broadcasting, and the spread of the Group… Read More »The Rev John Vincent Archive
