Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Archives

The first minister for Anderson's Bay Parish was Rev. J. H. McNaughton, a Scotsman ordained in Canada. His term lasted from 1863 until 1877. The first church building, designed by R. A.

This entry was previously NRAM C 162 Historical Notes The Association was formed in 1964 from the amalgamation of the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union and the Women's Fellowship of the Presbyte

The Association was formed in 1964 from the amalgamation of the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union and the Women's Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Very Rev. George Budd was born in Clyde, Central Otago, and became a Presbyterian minister in 1902, after working for the Bible and Tract Society since 1895.

Cameron came with his parents to Otago in 1863 from Paisley, Scotland. He was awarded a scholarship to Otago University where he gained a BA in 1879 and won a Senior Scholarship in Zoology.

The original Caversham Church building was donated by St. Andrew's Church in 1869. It was used as "a Presbyterian meeting-house and church".

In 1885 members of the First Church congregation were divided over the introduction of hymns to church services. Seventy objecting members left to form their own church.

This church was built in 1896 at the instigation of the Rev. Alexander Don to provide a focus for Presbyterian missionary work to the Chinese in Dunedin and the goldfields of Central Otago.

After study at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities, Christie came to New Zealand in 1862 as a probationer for the Presbyterian ministry.

Dickie worked his way through Aberdeen University to graduate in 1895 with honours in classics. After a short period as a teacher, he went to Edinburgh University to study divinity and then did post-

The first Presbyterian church on the Taieri plains, East Taieri received the Rev. William Will in 1854, making it, with Clutha, the second settled charge in Otago.

Before the union of 1901, both the northern and southern Presbyterian Churches had separate foreign missions committees.

As a young man Fraser assisted the Rev. W. H. Howes in the production of a bound typescript 'Register of Ministers' in connection with the centennial of the Presbyterian Church in 1940.

Gibb was born and educated in Scotland and after a period in Australia he came to Dunedin to minister at First Church (Presbyterian) in 1886.

Herron was raised in Pukerau where he worked on his father's farm and then as a clerk for New Zealand Railways.

Hewitson, raised in Victoria, Australia, worked in banking before he attended Melbourne University and gained a scholarship to the Theological Ormond College.

In 1933 the separate Home Mission and Maori Mission Committees were combined. The Rev. George Budd was made Superintendent, and the Rev. J.G.

The Home Mission Committee, with responsibility for extending Presbyterian ministry to newly settled areas of New Zealand, was formed in 1912.

Fortnightly services by Rev. Anderson at the Wakari schoolhouse began in 1865. In 1866 a church for the Kaikorai area was built on land donated by Miss Helen Hood.

The various Masters of the College, who also sat on the Council, are responsible for the creation of the bulk of the records. Further material comes from the Bursar's office.