New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society

Date: 1941-1961

From: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0445-B/9

Description: Hautu Defaulters' Detention camp report on work to be done, 1942-1944; 7th annual report of Canterbury Council for Civil Liberties, 1961; Australian Council for Civil Liberties campaign notes on the Crimes Bill, 1960; Howard League newsletters; Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors newsletters; The Christian Pacifist Society of NZ newsletters; submission by the Theosophical Order of Service in NZ to Joint Select Committee on Capital Punishment; statement of P P Lynch, pathologist of Wellington to the Select Committee on Capital Punishment; evidence on capital punishment by Rev Raymond Simpson, Takapuna; evidence submitted by Edward H Dowsett on the authority of the Society of Friends in NZ; statement from the Public Questions Committee of the Presbyterian Church of NZ; etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1930-1986]

By: Riverside Community (Tasman District, N.Z.)

Reference: 89-169

Description: Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further records relating to Riverside Community and A C Barrington Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Some photographs with the collection (need to be transferred when A & D completed) Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1900 - 1971

By: Ryan, Henry (Rev), 1881-1971

Reference: 83-230

Description: Papers include correspondence, 1917-1944; financial records, 1918-1943; newspaper clippings (including Primitive Methodist material, clippings re dancing, humour and sports, theological clippings); sermons Folder of material including circulars re church matters, Christian Pacifist Society of NZ etc, & papers re suspension of Rev O E Burton Quantity: 2 box(es). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1939-1997

By: Barrington, John Michael (Dr), 1936-

Reference: MS-Group-0674

Description: Comprises correspondence between Barrington and the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) and the Ombudsman re release of documents relating to his father, A C Barrington, who was a Christian pacifist during World War II; and documents and other papers released by the SIS and some from other sources re this Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for papers relating to A C Barrington and the NZ Christian Pacifist Society Barrington is the son of A C Barrington, a Christian pacifist during WWII Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: [1940-2002]

From: Crane, Wendy, 1936-: Papers relating to the life of Robert Henry and Vivienne Ellis

Reference: MS-Papers-7423-1

Description: Correspondence, notes, greeting cards, achievement certificates, papers relating to the Hutt Valley Consumers Co-operative Society and papers relating to the estate of Robert Ellis. Includes one share in native forests certificate covering Okarito, Waikukupa, Pureora, Whirinaki and Papara (1981). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Sep 1994

From: Mackay, Lachlan Robert, fl 2015: Papers relating to Noel Ginn

Reference: MS-Papers-11917-2

Description: Contains transcript of Annette Facer's interview with Noel Ginn. Discusses his life, including school, the Great Depression, university studies, work, relationships with his parents (including caring for them in old age) and family, his Methodist religion, the Napier earthquake, pacifism, poetry, interest in horticulture, life in Australia, and personal relationships. Ginn's incarceration as a conscientious objector during World War II is discussed in depth (trial, camps, fellow prisoners, literature read, solitary confinement, prison wardens, Chinese prisoners, and release procedure) as is his relationships with and impressions of Archibald, Millicent, Terence, and James K Baxter. Also includes impressions of Archibald Charles Barrington and Rodney Eric Kennedy. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 23 Mar 2007

From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project

By: Browne, Marjorie Edna, 1924-

Reference: OHInt-0980-02

Description: Interview with Marjorie Browne (nee Clark), born in Napier in 1924. Talks about her family background, the breakdown of her parents' marriage, and being active in the Methodist Bible Class Movement in Whanganui. Recalls sorrow in the family about deaths in World War I and dislike of the glorification of war. Comments on rapid social changes during the first year of the war, a cousin Noel Ginn refusing to enlist, but her brother enlisting and returning later from the Solomon Islands with malaria. Describes joining the Christian Pacifist Society, and president of the Society the Rev. Alan Brash praying of conscientious objectors (COs) at an ANZAC Day observance in Whanganui. Talks about the development of anti pacifist feeling, the RSA (Returned Services Association) wanting COs to be imprisoned for 10 years, and the unwillingness of newspapers to publish anything that was contrary to the war effort. Refers to being declined for teaching because she wanted to add a proviso to the oath of allegiance. Discusses having to register as exempt under the manpower regulations and the hostile meeting with the Area Officer who interviewed her. Describes reactions of family members to her pacifism. Talks about visiting detention camps which were located in isolated places, bicycles being important for transport, and visitors having to nominate a specific person they wanted to see. Refers to the "girlfriends on wheels" who cycled long distances together to visit camps. Comments on men being moved between detention camps without warning. Mentions sending a Christmas parcel to detained men in 1943, her future husband Merv receiving it, corresponding through censored letters, and meeting in late 1944. Recalls being barred from visiting detention camps after a clandestine letter was traced to her. Refers to Merv escaping from detention, meeting him in Wellington, the ways the COs communicated with supporters in the community, and being followed by police. Mentions Merv would not sign a conditional release form after the War, and he participated in a hunger strike at Rangipo. Recalls the process of his release, the difficulties COs had getting work, and living on a farm when they first got married. Comments that COs were not allowed to vote for 10 years and teachers could not return to teaching. Talks about the pacifists being "a thorn in the side of the church institution", feeling betrayed by the church, but taking up some preaching. Reflects on the leaders of the movement and their sincerity. Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-022526 - OHC-022529 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.54 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7325. Copies of black and white photographs of Merv and Marjorie Browne on their wedding day (1946) and in 1947; printout of colour photograph of Marjorie and Merv Browne (2007) Search dates: 1924 - 2007

Date: 1929-1971

By: Barrington, Archibald Charles, 1906-1986

Reference: MS-Papers-0439

Description: Comprises correspondence, notes, articles, publications, newspaper clippings and records relating to long standing interest in pacifism and communitarianism. Archibald Charles Barrington was co-founder of the New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society and an early member of the Riverside Community at Lower Moutere Quantity: 411 folder(s). 7.80 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Access requirement for permission of the Chief Librarian was removed and three donations were added to this collection, 25 May 2023.

Date: 1916-1941

By: Constable, David James, 1890-

Reference: MS-Papers-0041

Description: Papers relating to the Wellington Competitions Society; circulars of the New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society; and a soldier's pay-book with certificate of enrolment Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 11 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1970 - 1974

Reference: Eph-A-PEACE-1970/1974

Description: Includes: [ca 1970s]: A Call to Peacemaking; The Christian Pacifist Society of New Zealand (membership form and statement of belief). A Christian Attitude Toward Military Service; a guide for those required to register for military training. Issued by the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship (New Zealand Branch). (2 copies) Organisation to Halt Military Service, Wellington. Repeal National Military Service Act [badge and two labels]. [1970s] Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. [Statement of purpose and enrolment form]. (2 copies) 1970: Black nationalist to visit N.Z. [Andrew Pulley. 1970] Campaign for Nuclar Disarmament. What do you know about Omega, Woodbourne, and Mt John? Notice of meeting. [Speaker] P A G Howell of Canterbury University. Methodist Hall, Takapuna, 27 August 1970 (2 copies) .Foreign Affairs Discussion Group [of the] Wellington Branch, New Zealand Peace Council. Middle East crisis. 6 June 1970. 1971: The Revolution - Violent or non-violent. [A talk by] Donald Groom (secretary to the Society of Friends in Australia). Auckland 31 May 1971. 1972: ANZAC Day, war victims remembrance ceremony. Organised by the New Zealand Peace Council. Wellington 25 April 1972. Conscientious Objection to Military Service; A short guide to the act. Issued by the Society of Friends' Peace Committee. [ca 1972] (2 copies) A Guide for Prospective Conscientious Objectors. Published by the Department of Christian Education of the Methodist Church of New Zealand. [ca 1972] Repeal national military service. [Label produced by the Organisation to Halt Military Service, Wellington. Ca 1972] (2 copies) Organisation to Halt Military Service Conscription, the harsh reality. 1972 (3 copies) Q; Operation Survival. [Published by] Q, 65 Artesian Road, London. [1972] 1973: Ferret Souvenier Special of Harewood/Weedons Demonstration, 23-25 March 1973. [Organised by the] Committee Against Foreign Military Activities in New Zealand. Printed and published by Kozmik Krumbia, Christchurch [1973]. (2 copies) 1974: We Sow the Seeds. [Postcards addressed to heads of nuclear states, and designed to support the message of the schooner `Fri' during her three year, 40,233 km "Pacific Peace Odyssey" which began in 1974. The voyage was co-ordinated by Greepeace New Zealand] (3 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 16 offset printed pamphlets and flyers. Eight duplicates.. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying below 240 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-PEACE-1930/1949

Description: Includes: 1943: A Final Letter To The Electors. Lincoln A W Efford (Peace candidate). Christchurch, 5 February 1943. (Three copies). [ca 1935]. Come down to earth!! [An anti war flyer issued by the] Christian Pacifist Society (Wellington). [ca 1940]: Christ and Conscription; conscription has to be justified at the bar of Christian morality. Vote "No." Published by the Christian Pacifist Society, Wellington. 1945: Discard the Obsolete; values for framing peace. [Reprint of a letter to an editor]. Henry Leger, Levin, 9 October 1945. 1932: Disarmament demonstration under the auspices of the League of Nations Union. Town Hall Concert Chamber (Auckland). Sir George Fowldes (chairman). Willis Airey (chairman of League of Nations Union). 10 November 1932. [ca 1939]: The Economic Causes of War. Published by The Combined Pacifist Committee, Christchurch. Co-operative Press print, Christchurch. 1934: The Ghastly Horrors of War (lantern [slide] lecture). Delivered by Robert Semple. Municipal Concert Hall, Christchurch. 13 May 1934. (Four copies). 1935: Is War Like This; "Forgotten Men" [movie documentary on the First World War released in 1934]. Crystal Palace Theatre (possibly Christchurch), August 1935. [ca 1940]: It Must Not Happen Here! Free Speech Must Live [pamphlet protesting against the harassment and suppression of anti-war meetings in New Zealand]. Published by the Wellington Peace and Anti-Conscription Council, Wellington. W S Pearson (printer). 1931: League of Nations Union (Auckland Branch). Syllabus 1931 [lecture series]. Reception Hall Milne and Choyce's; Fabian Rooms Unity Hall; WEA, Old Grammar School. 26 March-26 November, 1931. 1935: Manifesto; Against War! Against Fascism! Published by the NZ Movement Against War and Fascism, 1 August 1935. Printed by the New Zealand Worker, Wellington. (Two copies). [ca 1939]: Men and Women of New Zealand [anti war pamphlet]. Published by the City Central Branch Communist Party (Auckland), and printed by the Auckland Service Printery. [ca 1948-1949]: New Zealand Peace Campaign. Petition for the Abolition of Conscription in New Zealand. Organised by the No More War Movement. Printed by Alex Wildey Limited, Christchurch. 1949: NZ Peace Council; The Council's policy. Published by the NZ Peace Council, and printed by Forward Press Print (Auckland). [No date]: New Zealand Women's Crusade for World Peace; in God alone do we trust [anthology of prayers for peace]. Published by the New Zealand Women's Crusade for World Peace, and printed by Dawson Printing Co Ltd, Auckland. [ca 1940s]: Let us Endorse Labour's Pledge of No Conscription. Trades Hall [Wellington]. 29 May. [ca 1942]: 1914, The War to End Wars; 1939, The War for a new world Order; 1964 - What? Published by the Campaign for Christian Order. 1943: The New Target.....Vote for Efford, the peace candidate [Christchurch. Pamphlet against revenge bombing of urban civilians in the Second World War]. Printed by Bullivant Print. (Two copies). [No date]: One World. Pamphlet published under the name of A J Martin, Organiser; Peace Union (Auckland). Printed by the Pelorus Press, Auckland. 1946: Peace issue of New Zealand postage stamps. Photocopy of an original flyer housed at A PHILATELY 1946. 1940: A Pacifist Peace Settlement (preliminary draft). Printed by Co-operative Press, Christchurch. (Two copies). 1943: Peace Negotiations.....Vote for Efford, the peace candidate [Christchurch. Pamphlet promoting a body replacing the League of Nations]. Printed by H W Bullivant Company Ltd, Christchurch. (Two copies). 1949: Somersault - or you'll be smashed; P M Dictates 2nd NZEF Association's about face on conscription. Statement by R J Gilbert, Solicitor. Published by NZ Peace and Anti-Conscription Federation, Wellington Branch. 29 July 1949. [ca 1943]: This is how Freedom is Lost.....Protest urgently against [the inhuman punishment of consientious objectors in Rangipo Prison]. Printed by Times Printing Works, Auckland. (Two copies). [ca 1935]: Why Not Peace Now? Hear the pacifist viewpoint. Public meeting organised by the Christian Pacifist Society and the Peace Pledge Union. Trades Hall, Wellington, 9 April 1935. Pearson Printing Co, Wellington. (Two copies). [ca 1939]: [Anti war plege card addressed to] the Secretary, The Peace Pledge Union, Christchurch, NZ. [ca 1946]: You, the Atomic Bomb and World Peace. Pamphlet published by the National Peace Council, Christchurch. 1940: Your Money and Your Life. [Pamphlet outlining issues and actions relating to conditions of employment]. Published by The Industrial Committee of the Peace and Anti-Conscription Council (Wellington Branch), 24 May 1940. 1949: Youth Conscription; An appeal to the people of New Zealand. Published by the Peace Committee of the Religious Society of Friends in New Zealand (Auckland), 15 July 1949. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 29 offset printed pamphlets and flyers. 12 duplicates.. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying below 240 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-PEACE-1950/1969

Description: Includes: ca 1950s: Atomic Research Scientist Speaks on Conscription...Dr Kathleen Lonsdale. Published by arrangment by the Peace Committee of the Society of Friends in New Zealand. Falcon Press, Henderson. Disarmament! [Pamphlet] issued by the United Nations Association, Auckland Branch. To all Candidates for Parliament [plea for support for disarmament and peace]. Issued by the Christian Pacifist Society Peace Union, and Friends Peace and Public Questions Committee. ca 1950: For a Lasting Peace [flyer listing the treaties and alliances that the Soviet Union has violated or denounced from 1929 to 1950]. May have been produced or distributed by the New Zealand Baltic Club, Auckland. Letter to a Non-Pacifist Christian by John Ferguson, MA, BD, lecturer in classics, University of London. Published by the New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society. 1951: While we go Marching On, published by the New Zealand Student Labour Federation [anti-war critique of New Zealand's relationship with the United States]. (2 copies). 1954: The Bomb and You: Bulletin No 1 (Revised Edition). Convention on International Relations, Auckland, 7 - 13 September, 1954. Convention on International Relations, Auckland. Delegate enrolment form. 1954 The Way of Peace by Dr Martin Neimoller. Published by the Christian Pacifist Society of New Zealand. [ca 1954] 1956: Who has the Colonies? Anti Soviet Union propaganda relating to the USSR's post Second World War expansion, and independance achieved during the same period, by ex western imperial colonies. May have been produced and/or distributed by the New Zealand Baltic Club, Auckland. 1958: Incompatibility: war and Christ. Lambeth Conference 1930; Lambeth Conference 1948; Lambeth Conference 1958. Order of service ca 1960s: Brothers and Sisters (Manifesto and call for support by the Universal Liberation Front). ca 1960s The Christian Pacifist Society of New Zealand: A Call to Peacemaking. (Affiliated to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and to the War Resisters International). ca 1960s 1962: Locke, Elsie. Moving out of line [Reprinted with thanks from 'Canta', 18 October 1962] 1964: The Revolution - Violent or Non-Violent? Talk by Donald Groom, secretary to the Society of Friends in Australia. 31 May 1964. Flyer. Convention on World Affairs. Flyer advertising a meeting of the organising committee, 28 April 1964. 1966: Conscientious Objection to Military Service: A short guide to the act. Issued by the Society of Friends' Peace Committee and the Christian Pacifist Society of New Zealand, Christchurch, 9 October 1966. Peace Weekend: Auckland day for peace at Pioneer Women's Hall, Chancery Street, Auckland, 5 August 1966. 1968: Peace, Power and Politics in Asia: International Conference on Vietnam, Seato, and Asia, Wellington, 30 March-2 April, 1968. (Also three related brochures for the same event). 1969: Failure of a Mission! Vietnam '69. Demonstrate against [US Secretary of State William] Rogers, August 9 & 10. Published by the Committee on Vietnam, Wellington, August 1969. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 21 offset printed pamphlets and flyers. Two duplicates. One arm band.. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying below 240 mm.

Date: 1938-1975

By: Ellis, Robert Henry, 1905-1978

Reference: 81-214

Description: Minutes, reports, financial records, correspondence, newsletters and other material relating to the cooperative movement in New Zealand, and the Wellington area in particular. Also material relating to the pacifist movement. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Naenae Co-operator (Periodical) Other Titles - Consumer Times (Periodical) Other Titles - Epuni Co-operator (Periodical) Other Titles - Taita Co-operator (Periodical) Other Titles - Hutt Valley Co-operator (Periodical) Other Titles - New Zealand Christian Pacifist (Periodical) Other Titles - Commonwealth (Periodical) Quantity: 5 box(es). 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary list available.

Date: [ca 1929-1986]

From: Barrington, Archibald Charles, 1906-1986 : Papers

Reference: Series-7016

Description: Includes diaries, letter books, notes and notebooks, correspondence, articles, letters to the Editor, scrapbooks, newsletters and other published material. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 15 box(es). 5 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Preliminary box list available. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Poster, fliers and horticultural catalogue (PR-05-0023) - To Book Collections - Three monographs (PR-05-0020) - To Serials Collection - Two serials (PR-05-0021). Processing information: Access requirement for permission of the Chief Librarian was removed and the collection combined with MS-Papers-0439, 25 May 2023.

Date: 1924-1939

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 82-213-07

Description: Papers relating to conscientious objectors, pacifism and the No More War Movement. Other Titles - Cosmos (Periodical) Other Titles - The International Sunbeam (Periodical) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter

Date: [ca 1920s-1950s]

From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9538

Description: Photographs relating to Ronald Calverley Megget. Includes family portraits, wedding photographs, Club 22 debating team, Jeanette Hart aged 21 months, Christian Pacifists in Easter 1921, Bill Rymer as an infant, Doll House at Stokes Valley School, and Wellington East Old Girls Drama Society. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transfer information - From Published Collections.

Date: 1995

From: Crane, Wendy, 1936-: Papers relating to the life of Robert Henry and Vivienne Ellis

Reference: MS-Papers-6943-3

Description: Mainly photographs. Includes Ayers family reunion, 1975; Milford Track holiday; Robert's funeral 1978; Christian Pacifist Society; St John's Union Church, Taita; family weddings; Fellowship Singers; 80th birthday party; and many photographs of the family Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1991-1995]

By: Crane, Ernest Arthur, 1915-1996

Reference: MS-Papers-5768

Description: Crane trained as a teacher in the 1930s and was imprisoned during the Second World War as a defaulter (conscientious objector). After the war he taught at various schools in New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga and took a particular interest in rugby union. He was associated with the Christian Pacifist Society and the Methodist Overseas Mission Department. He retired to live in Great Britain in 1985. The autobiography contains an account of Crane's life from a discussion of his antecedents until 1990. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 7 Jul 1992 - 07 Nov 1992

From: Women in World War II Part III

By: Hyland, Merle, 1921-; Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017

Reference: OHInt-0072/04

Description: Merle Hyland was born on 27 August 1921 in Wanganui and grew up on the West Coast and in Nelson. Gives details about the 1929 Murchison earthquake. Describes her family's attitude to religion and alcohol. Comments on leaving school at the age of thirteen, after proficiency, to start work as a home help. Describes working for Sir and Lady Easterfield in Nelson. Recalls working planting tobacco and in a jewellery shop. Talks about boarding and working for Harry Utting, a Methodist minister, and his wife Gladys. Describes joining the Methodist Church and becoming a Christian Pacifist. Describes meeting and marrying Manson (Bub) Hyland and working together at Holdaway's Orchard. Talks about the outbreak of World War II, Bub's decision to become a conscientious objector, responses to this, appearing before the Appeal Board and being imprisoned in various North Island camps during the war. Mentions Strathmore, near Rotorua, Shannon and Wi Tako. Recalls starting to consider the conception of Riverside Community. Describes Bub Hyland's return at the end of the war and becoming founding members of Riiverside in 1946. Talks about the expectation of the Community and the hard work and debt. Describes decision-making as democratic and talks about difficulties in adjusting to communal life. Notes her involvement in activities outside the Community and friendship with Sonja Davies. Talks about the Peace Caravan which travelled the country in 1953 with herself, Dave Sylvester and Arch Barrington promoting peace. Comments on the variety of public reaction. Describes the Community's ongoing role in peace protest and education. Talks about her husband's death at the age of forty-six and her resignation from the community, although she still lives there. Comments on the community's attitude towards individual need, particularly in terms of education and superannuation. Venue - Nelson : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Venue - Nelson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005775-005778; OHLC-002805-002808 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1206. photograph of Merle and Brian Hyland about 1953; photograph of the Peace Caravan; photograph of Merle Hyland about 1991

Date: 4 Apr 1990 - 04 Apr 1990

From: Conscientious objectors of World War II by Hautu Productions

By: Journet, Terrance Harry, 1919-2000

Reference: OHInt-0697/21

Description: Terry Journett recalls joining the Christian Pacifist Society, anti-war demonstrations, arrests and being called up. Refers to National Register, ballots and appeal. Recalls being manpowered after the war. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Margaret Long Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHV-0597, 0598 ; OHLV-0274 Quantity: 2 videocassette(s). 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Notes - OHA-3456.