Excerpt from History of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand The collecting of materials for this work was begun years ago by the Rev. J. K. Elliott, b.a., of Wellington, who thought as the Church had more than attained her jubilee, that something should be done to preserve her records, before men who could give information had passed away. The duties of a city charge not permitting him to continue his investigations, he handed over the result of his labours to the present writer, as if the minister of a more rural charge needed something to do. In undertaking and, amid the many engagements of an extensive pastorate, carrying through this task de novo, the object of the Author has been to bring the important work of this Church prominently before all its members, and aid the cause of church extension, by showing at Home and here its clamant needs. It has been truly a labour of love. Arrangements have been made by which the Church definitely shares with the publishers the pecuniary results. The plan has been to get as much information as possible from ministers, olhos-bearers, members, church records, and other sources, and after putting the facts into the form of history, to seek revision in the various local centres. In this way great pains, entailing considerable correspondence, have been taken to verify all facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.