This watercolour of the original Selwyn stone building is signed F.B. Good, Nov 3rd 1877. Fanny Bertha Good who this is presumed to be, is better known as a botanical artist. It is probable that she painted the scene during a visit to the College on that date. (Archives ref… Read More »Watercolour of early St John’s College building
This collection of Christmas cards comes from the Rev’d Sir Kingi Ihaka collection (KIN157/1/12). They date from the early sixties to the late eighties and range from standard commercial gift cards to cards produced by church groups, charities, and other private organisations. A striking example of the latter is the… Read More »The Cards of Christmas Past
Kereru Tarawhiti was born in Waikato in 1823. When he was a child Kereru was christened ‘Seth’ by Reverend Robert Burrows of the Mission School. The name Seth was later translated into Māori as Heta. At age 16 Tarawhiti witnessed the arrival of Reverend Yates Ashwell, one of the few… Read More »Heta Tarawhiti
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.
An engraved, limestone memorial in the floor of Norwich Cathedral reads “Remember Bishop Herbert St Barbe Holland, Dean of Norwich 1946-1952”. His ashes and those of his wife Mellie, are interred here. Bishop Holland is better known to New Zealand Anglicans as the Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand from 1936 to… Read More »Plaque in Norwich Cathedral Commemorates Bishop Holland
This is the Springbok Tour cross that was carried onto the rugby field at Hamilton by protesters against the 1981 Springbok Tour in August-September that year. St John’s College faculty and students had a high profile, and a group from the College travelled to Hamilton for this event. The Springbok… Read More »Were You There? | 1981 Springbok Tour Cross
John Kinder was an avid watercolour artist John Kinder, best known for his photography and watercolours of New Zealand landscape, came to New Zealand selected by Bishop GA Selwyn as Headmaster of the Church of England Grammar School in Parnell, Auckland. We hold five of Kinder’s watercolours: four of St… Read More »John Kinder the Watercolour Artist
Communion set owned by Rev. Charles Tisdall was gifted to the Kinder Library The Rev. Charles Archibald Tisdall was born and educated in Auckland. Tisdall studied at the University of Auckland gaining an M.A with honours in political science in 1895, and then trained at St John’s College in Parnell.… Read More »Rev. Charles Archibald Tisdall’s Communion Set
Cecil Marshall and the Charismatic Movement The John Kinder Theological Library acquired the papers of the Reverend Cecil Marshall, as part of our archive of nationally significant Anglicans. Marshall was one of the early leaders of the Charismatic Movement within the Anglican Church and from 1975 to 1980 was Director… Read More »Cecil Marshall and the Charismatic Movement
In 1870 William Leonard Williams, known as Leonard Williams to Pakeha and as Mita Renata to Māori bought some suburban sections in Gisborne where he built Te Rau Kahikatea, which became his family home from 1877 until 1894. It was also to be the nucleus of Te Rau College for… Read More »Te Rau Kahikatea College Gisborne
