Last week the New Zealand Herald celebrated 160 years - Well done!. Alongside the Diocesan archives, local newspapers such as the Herald can also be a source of the history of the diocese.
Papers Past (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/) is invaluable for making local newspapers available and it is ...
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The Sacred and the Profane, Tapu and Noa
Many households will have a set of cookie cutters in the back of a kitchen drawer. Great for baking and often used by the kids with play dough. Everyday objects can take on a different significance when associated with the sacred. That's what happened when I opened a box labelled MA 8 to find host ...
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For the Harry Potter fans – basilisk spotted in Archive
The founders of our diocese brought books for the training of clergy. The Luck Room in Bishop's House holds many volumes printed before 1840. When returning a book, a small volume on the top shelf caught my eye. On the spine was N. TESTAM. GR. R. STEPH. 1568.
Much to my surprise, when I opened ...
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