CARTWRIGHT, Sr Jane Mabel             Mrs Greensill
Jane Mabel Cartright was born at Papakaio in 1883, the daughter of a farming family.
Little is known about her early life, but her diary tells of a conversion experience
inspired by the sermons of a Middlemarch Presbytetian Minister and encouraged by
the local school teacher, Evelyn (later Sister) McAdam. McAdam herself was also a
‘convert’ and in 1902 she also became a Deaconess and , later, a mentor to younger
Deaconesses like Mabel.  Mabel entered the Presbyterian Women’s Training Institute,
probably in 1906, finished her training in December 1907, and began work with the
South Dunedin Church on the 13th of that month. She remained there until mid 1909,
when she was persuaded to move to Wellington to work for St. John’s Congregation.
Obviously unhappy in Wellington, she returned south in 1912, becoming Deaconess
to Dunedin’s First Church. She resigned as Deaconess in 1917 and then trained as a
Nurse at Wanganui Hospital, gaining state registration in July 1921. A midwifery
qualification from St. Helens Hospital in Aucklnad followed in 1924. By 1923, Mabel
was working as a Health Department district nurse in Rawene, a district in the
Hokianga with a large Maori population. She was later based in Hastings. In 1930,
when Mabel was 46, she married Walter Greensill, a farmer, and lived near Havelock
in the Marlborough Sounds for some years. She had no children. Widowed, she
returned to Dunedin where she was cared for by a sister until her death in August 1964.
Presbyterian Women’s Training Institute  -  Ordained as Deaconess 1907
South Dunedin  1907-9
St Johns Wellington 1909-12
First Church Dunedin 1912-7
Died  -  August 1964

CASSELS, Mr Colin
b. circa 1914
Formerly Assistant Town Clerk, Riverton.
Joined the Home Missionary service 1.3.1938
HM Rangitaiki Outfields BPP 1938 - resigned 1940 to study at full time at University.  
No further reference.

CATHCART, Rev W.A.
Concluded his Theological studies at New College, Edinburgh.
He was from the Presbyterian Church of England, but was sent out to NZ
under the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland.
Received by the Presb. Church of NZ (Northern) Mar 1875
Coromandel (supply)
Waikato West (supply)
Remuera  AP -  resigned Jan 1870 due to Mrs Cathcart’s health and on her
Doctor’s advice they returned to England.
“In accepting Mr Cathcart’s resignation they [Auckland Presbytery] also desire
to express their deep regret at losing his valuable services, their sympathy with
him in the circumstances which have led to his resignation, and to record their
sense of the important services he has rendered the Church during the time that
he has been connected with the Presbytery; and it is their earnest prayer that
the blessing of God would attend his labours wherever these may be entered on.”  
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Ramsey, Isle of Man 1878
Applied for the position of  “Tract Editor” for the Religious Tract Society of
London (unknown if application successful)
Applied for a further position in New Zealand in 1893 however he was unsuccessful.

CATHERWOOD, Rev Robert Hutchison
b 15.3.1870 Merton Otago
w Frances b 13.2.1877 m 14.4.1903 d 10.2.1958
An intense religious experience led him to enter ministry.
Theological Hall Dunedin 1900-2
Ord Waianiwa SP 22.4.1903
St Peters Auckland 26.7.1905 (another record gives date as 15.8.1905)
Waipiata-Patearoa COP 14.7.1908
Maraekakaho HBP  13.1.1910
Taihape WgP 25.4.1912
Featherston WpP 27.10.1916. During WW1, as Minister at Featherston, he led his congregation
in a wonderful effort to reach men in camp, and his ministrations attended by great crowds, left
an indelible impression on many officers and soldiers.
‘He had a genius for friendship.’
Kilbirnie WnP 12.8.1920
Turakina WgP 15.12.1925
Carterton WpP 22.5.1930 - retired 30.6.1934 due to failing health.
Father of Mrs A.M. Ferguson.
Died 21.5.1938

CATHIE, Miss Janet
O’seas Worker - Ukarumpa PNG  1981-4

CATON, Rev Eric
born: 25 March 1926; Yorkshire, formerly tiler
wife (1): Tira, born 6 February 1934, married 29 November 1952, died 23 November 1979
wife (2): Meri nee Kahukura, born 28 April 1930, married 29 Novemenber 1980 died 22 May 2022
Maori Theological College, 1966, prelim year
Theological Hall 1967-1969
Ordained Waimana, Maori Synod, 4 January 1970
Transferred to Whakatane, 2 February 1976
Study leave on Industrial Chaplaincy, Tees-side, England 1 September 1977
Auckland Maori Pastorate, 19 March 1981, using the Mangere parish outreach hall
Wellington Maori Pastorate 2 March 1986 - retired 31 Augut 1986 aged 60
Continued to work at Moera Church Hall, in the Waiwhetu parish, Lower Hutt, while raising funds for Te Kakana o te Aroha Church Marae - opened February 1990
Moved to Whakatane, January 1996, member of the Whakatane Pastorate,
Director of Amorangi Training, Te Aka Puaho, one year
Opotiki Maori Pastorate (Interim Moderator with Meri Caton) for ten years, Maori Synod
Moved into Maori Synod (Te Aka Puaho) church flat formerly the abode of the Principal, Te Wananga a te Rangi, January 2015
Created the tukutuku panels for Whakatane Maori Pastorate Church sanctuary with the Rev. Erana Manihera and others
Genealogist
died 11 December 2023

CATON, Rev Meri  (earlier Sr Meri)                     (Refer also entry for Sr. M Kahukura)
born 28 April 1930; daughter of Te Puhi Tatu (Materoa Kahukura). Sister of Hiki Kahukura Pou. Adopted daughter of Irene Doris Paulger
husband (1)  Pene Ben Taka (Rev) born 25 July 1916  married 8 August 1964 died 22 August 1977   
husband (2) Eric, Caton (Rev)  born 25 March 1926  married 29 November 1980
Turakina Maori Girls' College
Deaconess student at Maori Theological College Whakatane and Deaconess College Dunedin 1959-61
Deaconess Wellington Maori Pastorate - probation from November 1961
Ordained Deaconess Wellington Maori 14 November 1962 — resigned 31 July 1964 to marry Rev P.B. Taka.
Ordained Minister, Maori Synod, Auckland Pastorate 21 February 1978, first ordained Maori woman in the Presbyterian Church, second ordained Maori clergy
Wellington Maori Pastorate 2 March 1986
Minister Emeritus, 31 March 1996
died 22 May 2022

CATTANACH, Rev Duncan McKenzie
b 30.7.1899 Edinburgh
w Frances Louise Twigg b 24.10.1897 m 1.11.1930 d. 25 Nov 1989
Duncan educated in Edinburgh and came to NZ in 1916. Spent 8 years in banking. 
Attended Auckland University from 1925
HM Hunua 1926-27 (while studying at University)
Theological Hall Dunedin 1928-30; won the Cameron & Knox Greek prizes and
was President of the Knox College Students’ Association.
Licensed by Auckland Presbytery 14.10.1930
Ord Drury - Bombay SAP  20.11.1930
St Andrews Suva Fiji  AP, supplied 3 months 1935
Takapuna NSP 18.7.1935
St Andrews Hastings  29.2.1940
St Andrews Hamilton 7.8.1947 - retired 31.7.1964
Convenor Missions Committee (Home, Maori & Foreign Missions) 1937-40
1st Convenor Committee for Recruitment of Candidates for Ministry 1961-64
“He was a tall, well built man with a broad Scottish accent. His preaching was
always scholarly and often tempered with a sense of humour and musical
merriment... Young and old alike found in him a friend and a counsellor. His
wife was equally gifted, particularly musically, and she was a major support for
him in his work.”
“Duncan Cattanach was a man of leadership, including the gift of inspiring men to
give their time, abilities and talents to the work of the church. He had a fine sense
of humour, a love of music, a deep compassion for his fellow man, and the ability
to comfort and encourage with the written word – a medium through which he
helped many people. His Christian influence in the community was evident in his
daily activities… He was a prominent member of the Rotary Movement and Padre
of the Hamilton Rotary Club for some years.” (From Memorial Minute).
Brother-in-law of Rev J.D. Salmond.
Died 19.7.1976 Hamilton at home.   

CAUGHLEY, Rev. Ruth Doreen        B.Sc., B.Th., Dip. Tchg. (Hons)
born Reefton, New Zealand
husband John Robert Caughley  married 31 August 1963 Polytechnic tutor and Presbyterian elder
Bachelor of Science 1962 Canterbury University; Diploma of Teaching (with distinction) 1963 Christchurch Teachers College; Bachelor of Theology 1981 Otago University
High school maths teacher: Wellington Girls College 1962 to 1963; Queen Victoria School for Fijian Boys Forms 1 to 6 1964 to 1967; Woodstock School, Landour, Mussoorie, North India 1968 to 1970
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1979-81
Ordained Island Bay Wellington, Wellington Presbytery  28 January 1982
Wadestown Wellington, Wellington Presbytery, 3 March 1988
St. David’s Union Carterton Wairarapa Presbytery 29 January 1997 — retired 31 January 2005 and moved to Christchurch
Minister within the Bounds Wairarapa Presbytery 2005
Intentional Interim Minister St George’s Iona, Christchurch, Christchurch Presbytery, 14 June 2005, 17 month term
Minister Emeritus 23 January 2006

CAVE, Janet
Local Team Ministry, Maheno Otepopo, North Otago Presbytery, 2009-2011

CAVE, Rev Matthew (Matt)
wife: Charlene
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Wellington 2004-2008, Toyota New Zealand 2009-2013
Pastor, Waiau Pa Presbyterian Church, December 2013-January 2019
Bachelor of Arts in Theology, University of Chester 2014, Graduate Diploma in Christian Thought and History, 2019
Intern, Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership, 2019-2020 — 25 November 2020
Licensed, St Paul's Cooperating Church, Papamoa, 13 December 2020
Ordained and inducted into stated supply ministry, St Paul's Cooperating Church, Papamoa, Kaimai Presbytery, 13 December 2020
Other recognised minister, Kaimai Presbytery, 2 January 2022
Minister, Samford Valley Community Church, Queensland Synod, Uniting Church of Australia January 2022
Resigned from the Roll of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand 17 April 2024
Removed from the roll of ministers maintained by Kaimai Presbytery 2 May 2024

CAVE, Miss P.R.
Maori Mission  -  Mission House Kawerau 11.2.1957

CAVEN, Mr John
HM sent by UF Ch Scot 1915
HM Clive HBP 1915  res 1916 to NZEF
Died of wounds on 15.6.1917 in France

CAVIT, Rev Brian Ernest           M.Sc., B.D.
wife Jacqueline Dawn MacVerry married 17 March 1973
Master of Science 1972 Auckland University; Bachelor of Divinity 1989 Otago University
Analytical Chemist, New Zealand Cooperative Diary Company 1972-1974; Scientist, Dairy Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing 1974-1880; Scientist, NECAL, Health Department 1980-1986
Theological Hall 1986-1988
Ordained Te Kauwhata, South Auckland Presbytery, 26 January 1989
Pio Pio-Aria-Mokau Co-operating, Taranaki Presbytery, 27 May 1993
Titirangi, Auckland Presbytery 25 February 1999 — resigned 20 August 2000
Minister within the Bounds, Bay of Plenty Presbytery, August 2000
Minister within the Bounds, North Shore Presbytery, 9 April 2002
Ecumenical Chaplain, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, appointed 1 July 2003 commissioned 25 September 2003
Minister Emeritus, Kaimai Presbytery, 2013

CAVIT, Rev Jacqueline (Jacqui) Dawn (nee MacVerry)        Dip. ThSt.
husband Brian Ernest Cavit married 17 March 1973
Diploma of Theological Studies 1995 University of Otago
Community Based Ministry Student, South Auckland, 1 January 1992
Licentiate on Roll, Waikato, 1 February 1997 Ordained 1997
Pio Pio, Aria Mokau Co-operating, Shared Ministry, Waikato Presbytery, 19 June 1997
Forrest Hill Presbyterian, North Shore, Assistant Minister (Stated Supply) 24 November 1999; Assistant Minister (6 months) 25 May 2000; Assistant Minister (1 year) 25 November 2000
Minister within the Bounds, North Shore Presbytery, 9 December 2001
Minsiter within the Bounds, Bay of Plenty Presbytery, 8 April 2002
South Kaipara Co-operating Parish, June 2003 Ecumenical Hospital Chaplain, North Shore Presbytery, 16 July 2008
Member, Kaimai Presbytery, 23 October 2012
Minister Emerita, 31 December 2014
Special ministry (part time-25%) resource minister, Putaruru St Aiden’s Presbyterian Church, 1 September 2015
Resource minister (part-time), Kaimai Presbytery, 2017

CAWLEY, Rev John
b 20.10.1870;
w (1) Annabella b 16.3.1870 m 14.11.1898 d 23.7.1928 
w (2)  re-married 1948 to Mabel Lilian Accutt b. (?) d. (?)
Received by the General Assembly 27.11.1923 as Home Missionary
HM Patearoa COP 1897
Saddle Hill (Brighto) DnP 1902, resigned 1903 due to ill-health
Clydevale ClP  1913
Milburn ClP  1916
South Molyneux (Romohapa) ClP 1918
Tuapeka West ClP 1922; raised to full Ministerial status 1924
Ordained Crookston MtP 20.5.1924
Centre Bush SP 21.3.1929 - retired 2.10.1935
Retired to Oamaru and took occasional serevices; last years in Dunedin when his health
deteriorated.
Died 7.2.1963, aged 92

CAYGILL, Rev Mary
Methodist
Kaiapoi Cooperating Parish, Alpine Presbytery, 2 February 2022

CHALLIS, Rev Robert Lye      M.B.E.,B.A.,Dip.Soc.Sc.
b 1903 London; studied theol Paton Coll, & entered Cong Ch Eng In 1933 went to
Raratonga, Cook Is, & served there 15 yrs; started Boys Brigade in Cook Is; came into
PCNZ with Cong Ch at 1969 Ass.  His 1st wife died in Cook Is & is buried there; later
He married Rose Callender, a NZ teacher in Cook Is.  The Cong Ch called him to minister
In NZ to Polynesians coming to NZ; he accepted in 1948 & came to NZ; services held in
back rooms of Beresford St Cong Ch (now combined with St James Prss Ch Ak).
PIC Beresford St Cong Ch Ak 1948  ret 31.12.1973
He learnt Niuean & Samoan, as well as Cook Is language in order to help all the
Polynesian immigrants.  He travelled all over NZ & helped in Courts, social work, met
ships etc.   He founded Pacific Island Advisory Board, & was instrumental in bringing
Cong Ch into PCNZ in 1969.
He ret 1973 but still carried out work among Island people especially in Mangere area.  
Died  5.7.1980

CHALMERS, Rev Donald Scott               J.P.
b 23.6.1911 Onehunga
w Noelene Finnie  (Sr. Noeline Finnie) b 24.12.1911 m 11.11.1950
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1946-48
Licensed by Presbytery of Auckland 17.11.1948
Ord Associate Minister St Andrews & St Johns, Hastings HBP 12.12.1948
New Lynn, Auckland AP 24.3.1960  ret 30.6.1974
'Don was educated at Auckland Grammar School and then joined the Bank of NZ in
Auckland.  He had great interest in youth work - taught Sunday School, ran gym
Classes in a Boys Home.  The Bank transferred him to Raetihi, and later to Masterton.
While there World War Two broke out and in 1940 he enlisted in the Sixth Field
Ambulance.  He went overseas and worked in an operating theatre as Anaesthetist
in Crete.  His unit was captured and he spent 3 years in POW Camps.  He was shifted
from camp to camp, and he started a Bible Class wherever he went.
When he was sent to Poland there was no Chaplain, and Don was given permission
to conduct services in the camp.  Suffering mainly from malnutrition he was sent to
hospital in France, and later freed in an exchange of POW’s. 
In 1946 he returned to NZ and began his course in the Hall.
In 1950 he married Noeline Finnie, a Deaconess.  Don was intimately involved with
the community.  He was a J.P., Treasurer of the Ratepayers Assn; he served as
Chaplain to the Crete veterans, Sixth Field Ambulance, and the POW Association.
Don was a humble, friendly, loving person. Having been involved in and seen so
much suffering, he developed a capacity for deep compassion and great sympathy.
The difficulties of life strengthened his faith'.    (from Obituary)
Died  24.11.1988

CHALMERS, Mrs D.S.         see         Finney, Noelene

CHAMBERLAIN, Rev Richard John Alexander (Alex)      B.A.,M.Div.(Princeton)
from Presbyterian Church of USA. 
wife Dana Marie Nelson married 20 June 1981, from Mississippi
Bachelor of Art, St Lawrence University 1976; Master of Divinity, Princeton Seminary 6 February 1981
He had a part-time Chaplaincy in Fort Laramie Community Presbyterian Church, Wyoming USA
Inducted Ngakuru-Reporoa, Bay of Plenty Presbytery 17 July 1985 — resigned 1989
Ecumenical Chaplain Rotorua Hospital, Rotorua Bay of Plenty Presbytery, 15 January 1990 — term completed 13 August 1993
Left New Zealand 10 August 1993 to a nine month residency in Clinical Pastoral Education in Milwaukee USA.
Membership transferred to Boise Presbytery, Presbyterian Church USA — removed from Roll of Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand June 2012

CHAMBERLIN, Matt
wife Stephanie married 2012
Lived in Auckland and Hamilton
A follower of Jesus at age 22; Howick Presbyterian Church; Auckland University of Technology 1996-1999; physiotherapist 2000-2002
Young Life New Zealand Trust, 2004
Part Time Youth Pastor, Howick Presbyterian Church, eight years
Youth Ministry National Director, May 2014

CHAMBERS,  Rev  Florence
(Anglican Church)
Chartwell  Co-op  WkP  6.2.1994

CHAMBERS, Rev Robert Gordon Simons
b 11.7.1905 Leicester England
w Juanita Ellaline b 2.9.1907 m 8.4.1939
Educated to 5th Form High School level, has studied Accountancy and Industrial Law.
Came to NZ in 1923 and went farming; then worked for the Labour Dept as an
Inspector of Factories & Awards, Weights & Measures, and the Fair Rents Act.
HM Titoki NP 1940; Ord HM 20.8.1941   
St Martins Christchurch 1942
Sawyers Bay DnP 1944 - resigned 17.12.1947 to study full-time for the ministry.
Theological Hall 1947-49
Ord Waikato East 6.12.1949
Knox Parnell Auckland AP 29.9.1953 - retired 31.7.1970
Industrial Chaplain Heards Ltd, then Nestles, then at Holeproof.
Died 24.1.1976

CHAN, Rev George Yau Tsuen
Grad of Amer Pres Coll Canton
Chinese Ch Ak 1912 (temporary appointment on a salary of £9.3.4 per month)
Left 31.3.1913
Brother of W. Chan.   

CHAN, Miss Grace
Miss Hong Kong
Teacher (private capacity) Hong Kong  1967

CHAN, Rev Joseph
w. Wong Chi Kwong  m. Canton 31 Oct 1919         
Studied for 2 yrs at Canton Union Theological College, & took 3rd yr in 1919 -  3 yrs altogether.
Married & returned to work in Chinese Church Ak, returning  8.1919.
Chinese Church Ak  12.1919
Resigned 5.1921 not on own account but because of unfortunate domestic family circumstances.    

CHAN, Rev Wan Kau
b 20.8.1899;
w Mei Yan Hoh (Kathleen) b 24.6.1901 in Shunde County, Guandong province, China m 22.2.1922 
d. 10 Feb 2009, at Auckland aged 107 years & 7 months.
Mrs Chan a trained teacher who gave many years of service to the women’s work of the Church in China.
"She has travelled far. She has travelled long. She has blessed many along the way. She has earned her rest."
Rev. Chan born Canton; trained at Theological College Nanking 1922-4; then did evangelistic
work. From 1926 acted as accountant for the Church of Christ in China Kwantung Synod in Canton.
Invited by NZ Missions Committee to take position as Evangelist at Chinese Mission Church
Auckland. Appointement approved by the Kwantung Synod.
Arrved in NZ 2.10.1948 with wife & 4 children, 3 elder children arrived later.
Appointed 2.10.1948 and Ordained as HM for Chinese Church Auckland.
General Assembly 1951 moved to raise him to full status after one years study with Rev George McNeur;
he had taken the equivalent of two years Theological study in China.
Ordained Minister in Full Standing, Chinese Church Auckland 12.2.1952
“Responsible for the work of the Presbyterian Church amongst the Chinese both in the City
and Provinces. Holds regular Sunday services, conducts two Sunday Schools, and pays
periodic visits to the Chinese in other centres. A Young Peoples’ Fellowship and Educational
Classes give him added opportunities of helping his people in the Christian Faith. In all this
work Mrs Chan is a valued assistant.”
Became a naturalised NZ Citizen 9.2.1959
Chinese Church Dunedin 18.12.1960 - retired 30.9.1964
Died 14.12.1975. Both Rev & Mrs Chan are interred in the Mangere Lawn Cemetery.

CHAN, Rev William Yau Kam
He had four sessions at the American Presbyterian College at Canton, and obtained a diploma
(for text of diploma see Assembly Proceedings of 1904, page 147)
Appointed assistant to Rev Alexander Don in NZ 1903
Rep 1903: Returned to Dunedin and took over position from Mr TF Loie as Assistant to Rev Don.
Ordained at General Assembly, Wellington 10.11.1904 as Missionary to Chinese in Dunedin,
resigned 31.3.1908    
Ordained by Dunedin Presbytery 1908
Rep 1912: During absence of Rev A. Don took services and assisted in Dunedin Chinese Church.
He was one of first fruits of Rev Don’s work; baptized by Don 1897; went to Canton and studied as
above; returned to NZ and became Assist to Don when T.F.Loie went to Canton to study.
Died New Zealand 20.11.1934

CHANDLER, Rev Albert Victor George
b 22 November 1867 at Shirley, Southampton, England;
w (1) Jane, or Jeannie, McLaren b 1876 m 1905(?) d 1911
w (2) Dorothea b 14 April 1889 m 14 November 1913 d 21 November 1972
He studied at Spurgeon’s Pastors College and began his ministry in Bermondsey.  
On coming to New Zealand he served Baptist Churches at Caversham and Ashburton.
He was received into Presbyterian Church of New Zealand at Assembly 1908;
began -
Inducted Wanaka-Hawea (Pembroke Central Otago Presbytery) September 1909 - he had supplied here from 1907.
Teviot, Central Otago Presbytery, 14 September 1911
Lauder, Central Otago Presbytery, 19 June 1913
Lovells Flat, Clutha Presbytery, 4 December 1923
‘A gifted preacher, and efficient Presbyterian, with a clear mind.’
He had trying illness at close of life.
Died 23 August 1931 at Lovells Flat

CHANDRA, Rev Suresh
Methodist Church
Upper Hutt Uniting Parish 9 February 2012 — ended 31 January 2021

CHANG, Mrs F.       see        Pih, Kathleen

CHAPMAN, Rev Eric Henry Zealand        B.A., B.Sc., A.N.Z.I.M.
b 8.1.1929;
w (1) Nan Collins b 29.11.1929 m 16.1.1954 d.(?) 
w (2) Jean Cochran  m 19.12.1981
Theological Hall 1954,  1956-57 (1955 omitted)
Ord Cheviot ChP 13.2.1958
St Martins Chch 16.5.1963
St Pauls Wanganui 12.10.1972 - resigned 14.2.1983
Honorary Assistant St James Wanganui 4.1983 - retired 23.2.1990
Clerk of the Presbytery of Wanganui  WgP

CHAPMAN, Rev F.R.
HM staff fr 1915
Hall HM course 1920-2
Ord Morven SCP 16.1.1923
Broken Hill, Aust 10.4.1929
Penshurst Aust 1932

CHAPMAN, Rev Lorelle
Methodist Church of New Zealand
Appointed to St Paul’s Union Church, Taupo, Kaimai Presbytery, 7 February 2019
Hauraki Plains Cooperating Parish, Ngatea, Kaimai Presbytery, 22 March 2022 — ended 18 September 2022

CHAPMAN, Rev Mark Ainslie         B.Th.
born Canada
wife Heather Margaret Saunders married 18 January 1969
Came to New Zealand, aged 10, 1956
Attended Presbyterian Churches at Kawerau, Ngakuru, Atiamuri, Waihi, Te Puke, Tauranga, Hamilton, and Dunedin
Radio and Television engineer, Waihi
Two years at University of Waikato, and three years at University of Otago, co-inciding with years at Knox Theological Hall
Bachelor of Theology 25 May 1976 Otago University
Theological Hall, 1973-1975
Licensed Waikato Presbytery 11 December 1975
Ordained St Andrew’s, Clevedon, South Auckland Presbytery, 21 December 1975
Involved with Heartwood programme
Travelled overseas to look at growing churches in the United States and England, 1986
Exchanged with Rev Bernard S. Lee, Cambrian Presbytery, Canada, from 1 September 1988 to 30 June 1989
(‘St Andrew’s Clevedon’ renamed ‘Presbyterian Church of Clevedon’, 2004)
Retired March 2016
Avalon Ministries: for support and encouragement to ministers and church leaders feeling burned out or disillusioned with ministry, 2016

CHAPMAN, Rev Matthew Walter James (Matt)
wife: Allyson (Ali), primary school teacher
Musical family, started playing the piano at age 7, national Smokefree Rockquest finals while at high school
Trained at the Excel School of Performing Arts, majoring in bass guitar, and played guitar for the band Detour 180, toured the USA, completed a Bachelor of Ministry at Laidlaw College
Music director, St Columba
Intern, Columba Presbyterian Church, Botany, Auckland, 2010
Licensed 13 March 2011
Ordained and inducted Associate Minister, St Columba, 12 May 2011
Stated supply minister, St Aiden’s Northcote, Northern Presbytery, 14 January 2018
Stated Supply St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Howick, Northern Presbytery, 16 November 2020 — inducted Northern Presbytery, 17 February 2022
Cricket coach, Clevedon Cricket Club

CHAPMAN, Rev Maurice Albert         L.Th.
born 21 May 1933 in Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
wife Barbara  married 16 August 1958 in Lancashire
Evacuated to South Wales, June 1940; studied architecture, Newcastle on Tyne; moved to Hamilton New Zealand, involved at Melville Presbyterian Church.
Hall 1969-1971
Ordained St Davids Gisborne, 9 December 1971
Plimmerton, Wellington Presbytery, 3 February 1977
Hanmer Springs, Christchurch Presbytery (Pastor at large), 29 March 1984
Island Bay, Wellington Presbytery, 9 February 1989 — retired 31 December 1992
In retirment lived in Masterton, Kinloch, Katikati, and Tauranga.
Died Monday, 30 March 2020 at Tauranga Hospital aged 86 years.

CHAPMAN, Mr Vernon George
He entered the Presbyterian Church Office in Wellington 12.3.1912, aged 22;
He enlisted as soldier in NZ Expeditionary Force in October 1915; left NZ on active
service 8.1.1916; was severely wounded in France.  Returned to Church Office June 1919.
His work so commended him that he was appointed as the Assistant Treasurer in 1925
On retirement of the Rev W.J. Comrie he was appointed as the General Treasurer of the
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand  from 28.11.1928
‘He loved his work and esteemed all his fellow-workers. .... The Presbyterian Church of NZ
can never be too grateful for the honoured service which he rendered.’
Died 3.7.1941 in office.

CHAPMAN, Rev Wallace  C.
Meth Ch
Taita Union WnP  2.1979
St Pauls Co-op Taumarunui WkP  1.2.1992
Died - 1st week Sept 1992, in office

CHAPPELL, Rev Michael Hastings        M.Sc.
wife Lynette Margaret Redmond married 5 May 1979
Secondary school teacher, postman and milkman
Hall 1981-1983
Ordained Associate, St Stephens Invercargill 5 February 1984
North Avon, Christchurch 25 January 1987 — resigned 31 October 1988
Applied to have name removed from roll, Associate, Christchurch Presbytery 12 October 1993

CHAPPLE, Rev James H.G.
born 1865
Home Missionary Kumara, Westland Presbytery 1898
Eltham Taranaki Presbytery, 1901
Ordained St Andrews South Canterbury Presbytery 1903 — resigned 13 September 1910 and declared to no longer be a minister of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand; he turned Unitarian.
Founded the Timaru Unitarian Church 1910 — left Timaru 1915
Convicted of sedition May 1918
died 1947
The model for the central character of Plumb (1978) by Maurice Gee, his grandson

CHARLES , Sister Esther
Auckland PSSA 1931
Working with poor (c.1940-41)

CHARMAN, Rev Frederick Richard (Fred)
born 25 February 1891
wife Lucy Maggie nee Howard born 22 December 1890 married 8 March 1920
Home Missionary Granity, Westland Presbytery 1915
Hornby Christchurch Presbytery, 1916
Spreydon, Christchurch Presbytery 1918
Purakanui, Dunedin Presbytery 1920-1921 (while in Hall)
Hall 1920-1922
Ordained Morven, South Canterbury Presbytery 16 January 1923 resigned to —
Broken Hill New South Wales Australia, 10 April 1929

CHARTERIS, Rev James
born 1 January 1865, in Glasgow
wife (1) Wilhelmina McKay born 22 June 1868, Glasgow, married 28 April 1887 in Glasgow died 1902 at Old Manse, Great Eastern Road, Glasgow
wife (2) Jane (Jeanie) Macdonald born 1878-1879, a widow, married 31 March 1904 returned to New Zealand after his death died 1959 Hamilton, New Zealand
Home Missionary, Fordell, Wanganui Presbytery, 1918, Ordained Home Missionary, 1919
Apiti, Wanganui Presbytery, 1921 — instituted a pipe band
"No better trinity of assets to fill an empty church can be found than grace, grit and the pipers"
Denniston, Westland Presbytery, 1922
Reefton, Westland Presbytery, 1923
Hauraki Plains, Waikato Presbytery, 1925
Inglewood, Taranaki Presbytery, 1928 — granted leave to visit United Kingdom, 1930, for reasons of health
No further mention in New Zealand Presbyterian reports
Minister, Candlish Memorial United Free Church (Continuing), Glasgow.
died Thursday, 5 January 1933, of heart failure after influenza, at 232 Darnley Street, Edinburgh, Pollokshields, Scotland

CHARTERIS, Rev William Cecil        M.A.,B.D.
b 9.2.1924; w Audrey Jessie b 30.12.1924 m 14.1.1949
Hall 1946-8
Ord Waikouaiti DnP 9.2.1949   
Teviot COP 23.4.1953 res 31.8.1956
Rep 1958: After 2 yrs in another calling, he applied to be retained on the roll - declined
By Assembly.

CHAU, Rev Yum Shum (or Chau Yam Sham)
Graduate of the Union Theological College Canton, South China
Licensed by the 2nd District Association, Canton Aug 1924
Ordained by the Church of Christ in China Synod of Canton 11.10.1929.
Inducted to Chinese Mission Church Auckland  AP 15.6.1930 
Resigned 20.10.1948 and farewelled -
Returned to China.

Chave, Mrs Janet
Local Ministry Team, Maheno / Otepopo Presbyterian Church, Southern Presbytery, re-appointed 22 June 2010

CHEN, Rev Danny Bing-Hsun
Presbyterian Church of Taiwan
wife Grace LAI Ya-Hui married 7 June 1989
Master of Divinity, Taiwan Theological College, 13 June 1989
Ordained 27 October 1991
Minister, Chang-hua Presbytery, Presbyterian Church of Taiwan
Received as a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Aoteaora New Zealand 22 May 1996
Taiwanese Auckland Auckland Presbytery 8 August 1996 — resigned 30 July 2000
Took up appointment in Melbourne, Australia, 1 July 2000
Resigned from Roll 26 October 2004

CHEYNE, Right Rev Peter James         M.E., B.D.
wife Christine Ann Marshall married 25 March 1978 primary school teacher
Master of Engineering 1978 Canterbury University; Bachelor of Divinity 1983 Otago University
electrical engineer
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1981-1983 — student president and on Education for Ministry Committee
Ordained St Pauls Kaikoura, Nelson-Marlborough Presbytery 13 December 1983
Calvin Community Presbyterian Church, Gore, Mataura Presbytery, 18 September 1990 — resigned 13 February 2011
Appointed Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, 30 September 2010 to 3 October 2012
Mornington Presbyterian Church Southern Presbytery (part-time) started 15 October 2012 inducted 18 October 2012 — retired January 2021
Minister Emeritus and Senior Active Minister, Southern Presbytery, 31 January 2021
Leader, AFFIRM, Standing Together and National Association of Presbyterian Evangelical Churches (NAPEC); Chairman, Southland Board of Bible College of New Zealand and on BCNZ National Council; Chairman, Gore Strengthening Families Management Team (involving representatives of Government Departments and local agencies)

CHILDS, Rev W.A.
Ang Ch
Parklands Co-op Chch  2.1977

CHIN, Rev Paul Ah  (Wan)
A young Methodist evangelist, trained in Melbourne, Victoria Australia; he was employed by Presbyterian Church to work in
Lawrence, based here when there were about 900 Chinese residents, 1870.   He seemed
an admirable person, and one of his speeches to Europeans, and fragments of other
speeches are preserved in  the New Zealand Wesleyan (30 June 1871).
Appointed as Missionary by Otago Missionary Committee in 1871; worked in Tuapeka gold-mining
district 1871 resigned 1874;  resumed work 1876, but left early 1877 for Victoria Australia.
After a few years he returned to Australia.
Died 1888

CHING, Mr William (Bill) R.     & Mrs Connie
Maori Mission
Mataara Maori Boys Hostel Dominion Rd Ak 1971, Master & Matron.

CHISHOLM, Rev Andrew Robert          B.A.
b 14.12.1880 Sawyers Bay Dunedin;
w Elsie Evalina Beatrice McLauchlan b 14.4.1887 m 29.10.1921 d 28.1.1967
He was a lamp lighter, sawmillers assistant, and carpenter & then at age 35 decided to go
to Otago University to prepare for ministry. Fell dangerously ill with influenza when almost
finished his degree.
Hall 1919-21
Ord for Maori field, along with J.G. Laughton, Nuhaka 17.11.1921 res ill-health 31.12.1923.
On regaining health left Maori work, supplied Morven briefly.
Cromwell COP 21.12.1926
Waitahuna ClP 8.6.1932
Hampden NOP 11.2.1937  ret 31.12.1939 ill-health. 
Lived at           Alexandra for a  time in ret; moved to Chch 1945.
Brother of Rev RA Chisholm, first cousin of Rev BC Galloway & Great-Uncle of Miss Y Chisholm.
Died 2.8.1958  Chch

CHISHOLM,  Dr George Shannon      M.B., Ch.B.(NZ), D.T.M.& H.(Eng)
born 5 April 1928 at Dunedin.
w. Nerolei Noeline b. 20.3.1930 m. 28.2.1956 – A registered General and Maternity Nurse and Senior Shorthand typiste.
He received his secondary education in Alexandra and at St Andrew's College in Christchurch before commencing
studies for an engineering degree at the University of Canterbury. Worked concurrently part-time as a Laboratory
Assistant in the University Chemistry Dept. After deciding to pursue his childhood dream to study medicine he repeated
earlier Chemistry and Physics courses before being admitted to the University of Otago Medical School where he
studied from 1953 to 1958.
Upon graduation worked as a House Surgeon and Locum in several medical practices.
Volunteered to serve as a Medical Missionary of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Missionary to India, appointed 5 February 1961
Undertook basic Missionary training at All Saints College, Sydney 1961
Dedicated for Mission service at St Andrews College Chapel, Christchurch, 17 December 1961
Working at Auckland Hospital, 1 March 1962 to 1 July 1962
To London to study tropical medicine, 1 August 1962, Diploma of Tropical Medicine 1963.
Sailed from London for India, 1 April 1963  
Full time language study at the Landour and Allahabad Missionary Training Schools, 1963
Worked as Deputy to Dr Herbert, the Indian Superintendent of Jagadhri Hospital, 1964 to 1967
Serious illnesses intervened at time while in Jagadhri.  Culturally he and Dr Herbert found it very difficult to make any of the
changes which were essential if the hospital was to change and grow successfully.
Furlough, December 1967. Serious illness again intervened.  He made a good recovery and had valuabe experences in
Christchurch and Auckland Hospitals.
Post-Graduate study at Christchurch Hospital 1968, Locum Christchurch July 1969.
Medical Superintendent at Landour Community Hospital in the foothills of the Himilayas, caring for missionary, Embassy,
Tibetan, and other mountain Indian Families, 1969
After some months in the Landour hospital, it was arranged that it was time for India to take charge of the hospital.  George’s
deputy was trained in America and India, and was suited to the job of superintendant.  He was appointed as Goerge’s successor. 
An Indian female doctor was also apppointed.
Resigned from Mission service and returned to New Zealand, 10 October 1971
Joined the Papanui Medical Centre 1972 - retired in 1993.
Continued to play a full and active part at Knox Church Christchurch.
Held a Second Class Radio Operators certificate.
Member of the General Committee of the Presbyterian Social Service Committee for 18 years, being elected a life member in 2002.
The Chisholm Wing of Windermere Eventide Home is named to honour the work that George and Nerolei Chisholm had done in
support of the aged.
Member of the Trust Board of Restorative Justice Services, Otautahi, Christchurch.
Supported the work of the Christian World Service, and supported Nerolei in some of the activities of the refugee and migrant centre.
Co-wrote and supported the motion passed by Knox Church Christchurch to become an inclusive congregation. Served as an Elder of
Knox Church for 35 years until retiring in 2009.
Worked Thursdays for ten years as a volunteer at the Christchurch Volunteer Centre.
"George's clarity of thought, his sense of humour and his ability to enable people with quite different points of view to work effectively
together meant that he made vital and lasting contributions to a number of boards and committees, including the Presbyterian Ethics
Committee. His qualities of sensitivity and discretion were also integral to his pioneering service as a Complaints Officer for the NZ
College of General Practitioners.... he read widely and thought deeply about the theological, social and ethical challenges facing
the Christian faith. Whilst his own understanding of that faith changed and developed throughout his lifetime, George remained
convinced that at the heart of the Christian story there is the enduring mystery of love."
Throughout his mission service, George considered Nerolei to be his equal in ministry and his family to be missionaries with him. 
“He was ahead of his time in the love and energy he gave us” – Nerolei Chishom (2014)
Son of the Rev AR Chisholm, nephew of the Rev RA Chisholm.
Died at Christchurch Public Hospital, Wednesday, 11th August 2010, aged 82 year after having been diagnosed with cancer in 2004.

CHISHOLM, Very Rev James
b. 13.1.1843
w. Jessie Park b. 16.8.1848  m. 19.12.1871 d. 24.1.1931
Educated at Edinburgh University
A student of the Otago Church under the Presbytery of Dunedin
Licensed by Presbytery of Dunedin 1870
Ord Tokomairiro (Milton ClP) 5.1870
Palmerston North, Main Street Church to assist in the union of Main Street Church with St Andrews Church; he
was then called to the united congregation.
Roslyn Dunedin DnP 10.11.1901 (one record states 23 Apr 1901)
Report 1902: Roslyn created a new charge 10.11.1901, with Rev Chisholm its first Minister - Retired 30.4.1910.
He was twice Locum Tenens for Prof in Theological Hall. 
Moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Otago & Southland 1883
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1908
Convenor of many Committees;  author of  ‘Fifty Years Syne’ (Story of Otago & Southland Churches); 
Member For Mission Committee of Synod of Otago & Southland for 27 years, & for a further 15 years after Union.
Died Dunedin 17.11.1916

CHISHOLM, Rev John
b 28.1.1878 Milton Otago; w Jessie M. b 6.3.1880 m 23.9.1909
Hall 1900-2
Ord Owaka ClP  11.2.1903
Mangaweka WgP  1.12.1909
Waianiwa SP 26.3.1913 res 22.5.1918 to become -
Chap Hosp Ship ‘Marama’; war serv fr 22.5.1918 to 14.3.1919
Knox Invercargill  31.3.1921
Seacliff-Warrington DnP 10.10.1938  ret 31.3.1943
In ret supplied in Otago & Sthland till 1959.
Mod OSyn 1928; Son of James Chisholm above.
Died 28.2.1974 Peacehaven Invercargill

CHISHOLM, Rev Laurie Alister        B.Sc., B.D.
born 1 May 1944
wife(1): Winifred Wilson born 13 July 1944 married 20 May 1968 separated October 1987
wife(2): ???? married 1991
Theological Hall 1967-1969
Ordained Assistant minister to Sam Burley, Taumarunui, Waikato Presbytery, 19 March 1970 for 15 months
Assistant minister to Alan Quigley, then Hayden Pirie, St Pauls, Timaru, 29 July 1971
Responsible for Gleniti and Washdyke, and involved with Sunday evening youth programme at St Pauls
One year in Gleniti as independent parish - resigned 9 July 1975 - to West Germany
One year World Council of Churches scholarship at Heidelberg University
Ministry team, Pforzheim, West Germany, and Huchenfeld, 7 years in Germany
Otago University Chaplain, 2 February 1983 - Old Testament lecturer at Pacific Theological Seminary, Fiji, for one semester - resigned 31 January 1989.
Lodged Certificate January 1989
went overseas, to Bristol.
Member, Christchurch Presbytery, April 1992
Returned to New Zealand, translating software into German with Datacom Software Research, later technical writer, Trimble, 1991
Quarter time minister, Hornby Methodist Church
Technical Writer, Tait Electronics, 1997
Removed from Roll under Regulation 212, 8 August 2006
4 year term, national steering committee, Sea of Faith, 3 as chairman, completed 2016
Accredited interviewer, Citizens' Advice Bureau; Senior Net, Lincoln

CHISHOLM, Rev Richard Anderson
b 22.3.1879; w Janet Maria Beagley. b 30.9.1880 m 33.6.1908 d 14.8.1955
He grew up in Sawyers Bay Dunedin; he learnt a trade (Currier); then entered HM serv 1905.
HM Denniston WsP  1905
Hedgehope, Mabel Bush, Glencoe SP 1909; here opportunity arose to take studies for min.
Purakanui DnP  (studied at OU while here)
Otago Peninsula Outfields DnP 1915 (while in Hall)
Hall 1913-5
Ord Crookston MtP 16.12.1915
Contracted scarlet fever 1919 and other Ministers had to supply for him while he recovered.
Palmerston NOP 23.5.1923
Mt Ida (Ranfurly COP) 4.5.1932;  failing health in later yrs.
‘His sterling Christian manhood & the simple dignity of his character showed themselves
both in the impressiveness of his conduct of public worship & in the simple sincerity of
all he said & did.’
“He had times of gladness and rejoicing in Ministry, but was perhaps called more than most
to a life of faithful endurance in difficult spheres”.
Brother of Rev A.R. Chisholm, first cousin of Rev BC Galloway & GrandFather of Miss Y Chisholm,
Died 1.12.1940 in office  

CHISHOLM, Rev Robert Cecil                    B.A.
b. 13.12.1883  in the Waikare School-House
Educated at Rangiora High School where he won a Scholarship.
Took an Arts course at Canterbury College in preparation for Ministry in the Presbyterian Church.
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1913 to 1915
Licensed by the Presbytery of Christchurch 8th December 1915
Due to illness (rheumatoid arthritis) he was unable to take on a charge.
“There [at the Theological Hall, Knox College] he won the esteem of his fellow students by his
genial, kindly disposition, and was affectionately known to them as Rab. He became quite noted in
the College for his elocutionary powers and on account of his wonderful gift of impersonation.”
“Who can measure the fulness of the lessons that were learned, the growth in faith and grace that
was achieved, the strength that was won, the patience that was gained, and the fineness that was
added to his character in the trying ordeal through which he passed.” 
Died St Georges Hospital, 1st June 1941 after many years of ill health.    

CHISHOLM, Rev Robert F.      M.A.,B.D.(Glas)
Born Glasgow; had 5 yrs in business, then study for min;  Ord 1921.
Miss to Jews in Romania; also lectured in English in Univ of Cluj, Romania; for a time
lectured in OT at Trinity Coll Glas; then called to Wallasey parish Scot, where ministered
1 yr before appointment to -
Gen Sec Nat Bible Socy of Scot 1939
Gen Sec Brit & For Bible Socy of NZ, Wn 1946  ret 31.12.1959.  
He was very active in formation of Bible Socys in Scot till 1946
Died 6.11.1977 Woburn Home Lower Hutt, aged 85  

CHISHOLM, Miss Yvonne Dawn
Overseas Worker, Teacher
Manggai High School, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 1971-72
Grand-daughter of the Rev Rev RA Chisholm & Great-Niece of the Rev AR Chisholm.

CHO, Rev Chungman
minister non-PCANZ
appointed to Korean Presbyterian Church of Auckland, Northern Presbytery, 2014 — left for a call to New Dawn Church, Korea, 12 March 2020

CHOI, Rev Bangeun
wife Yanga
Minister, Presbyterian Church, Korea
Assistant minister, Lord's Church, Seoul, for six years
Awarded Doctor of Theology in Ministry, Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Korea via thesis ‘A Study of the Missional Orientation of Local Congregations according to the Missional Ecclesiology’
Inducted minister, Lord's Church, Auckland, Northern Presbytery, 11 November 2018 — ended 26 November 2023

CHOI, Rev Jung Hun
born Seoul, Korea
Ordained Local Ordained Minister (Korean), Greyfriars Church, Mt Eden, Auckland Presbytery 11 October 2007
Other Recognised Minister, 9 November 2010
Minister North Shore Korean Parish, Northern Presbytery 1 December 2013

CHOI, Rev Ki Ho
CHEIL  SS  Korean Pres Ch  Chch

CHOI, Rev Seung Kwan (Joshua)
born Chum Chean, South Korea
wife Choi Mijung
Bachelor of Arts in Christian Education 1984 Seoul Theological University; Master of Theology 1987 Yonsei University
Ordained minister, Chung Moo Evangelical Holiness Church, Korea Evangelical Holiness Church, 28 April 1988
Served in ministries in Korea until coming to New Zealand
Karakjail Church, April 1988
Koomiseongwang Church, October 1994
Saeum Church July 1998
Supply ministry, Christchurch Korean Presbyterian Church, February 2000
Received as a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, 24 June 2001
Inducted Christchurch Korean Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, Christchurch Presbytery, 2 August 2001
Minister Emeritus, Alpine Presbytery, 27 December 2020

CHOI, Rev. Meekyung
Presbyterian Church in Korea (Dongmak)
born Chungbuk, South Korea
husband Chung-seung Park
Bachelor of Science 1989 Kyungbuk University; Bachelor of Arts 1989 Kyungbuk University; Master of Divinity 1993 Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary Seoul; Master of Arts in Religion May 1994 Deubuk University
Lecturer (part-time), World Mission Centre, Presbyterian Church of Korea
Ordained Seoulgwanak Presbytery Meeting, 5 November 2002
Associate pastor, Keun Eunhye Presbyterian Church, Seoulgwanak Presbytery, 5 November 2002
Associate pastor, Dong Mak Presbyterian Church, Seoulseo Presbytery, 1 January 2005
Missionary to New Zealand, Seouldong Presbytery, Presbyterian Church of Korea, 21 April 2009
Christchurch United Korean Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, 2010
received 19 March 2013

CHRISTENSEN, Miss Laura        M.A.,M.Sc.
PWTI 1911-3 - planned to go as Miss to India.
Rep 1914: With great regret it was found that her health was not suitable for work in tropics;
she could not therefore go to India.  She became mistress at a school in Sth Cant 1914.
Deac Knox Ch Dn 1918-   

CHRISTIAN, Rev Fletcher Roy (Roy)       J.P., M.B.E.
sixth generation descendent of Fletcher Christian of the Mutiny on the Bounty, 1798
born 10 October 1943 Auckland, father from Norfolk Island and mother born in Vanuatu, grew up in Otahuhu
wife Robyn Cheryl Plant married 10 September 1966
member, Otahuhu League Club, 1965
Captain of the Kiwis Rugby League Team, 1971, 33 test caps 1965-1972
Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to rugby league
Production co-ordinator of meat at a freezing works
Hall 1981-1983
Ordained Mangere, Auckland Presbytery, 2 February 1984
Board of Paraclete Trust and Presbyterian Renewal Ministries; ministered with Dolores Winder in United States, three months, 1990, and three weeks, 1993
Moderator, Auckland Presbytery, 2003-2004
inducted Legends of League, New Zealand Rugby League 2007
Chairperson, Women's Refuge; Trustee Mangere Community Law Office
died 19 November 2024 aged 81

CHRISTIE, Mrs Dorie
Miss -  Served in Jagadhri for several yrs in 1980s.   Married         Mr Christie in India. 
On their return to NZ Mr C served as Sec to Leprosy Mission.
Mrs C died 21.2.1991 Ak

CHRISTIE, Rev John
b 14 May 1829 in the Parish of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
w. Rachel Lawson Stewart,  b 27 December 1840 m 9 August 1862 d 25 August 1930, aged 89 years, after 77 years in New Zealand, interred with her husband.
The family (who were farmers) moved to Fordstone in Renfrewshire shortly after his birth.
Educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities and United Presbyterian Hall, Edinburgh.
Licensed by United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow Presbytery, 1860.
He does not appear to have had Parish work in Scotland before coming to New Zealand in 1862.
Arrived New Zealand as Probationer end of 1862; trials for ordination, Dunedin, 26 December 1862.
Ordained Hawksbury and Goodwood (Waikouaiti), Dunedin Presbytery, 16 August 1863 
Parish extended to Maniototo Plain, retired 1901 and became Senior Minister
A Minister for nearly 40 years
Moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland 1881.
From time to time he explored the interior, preaching at stations and mining centres as he went along.
Nephew of the Rev William Campbell.
Died 6 August 1913, aged 84 years, after 51 years in New Zealand, interred Waikouaiti Cemetery Hawksbury

CHRISTIE, Miss Julie        see        Hamilton, Mrs David

CHRISTIE, Mr John Norman
Unordained HM Avondale (Supply) AP  1.4.1937 to 31.12.1937
Orawia SP  1.4.1938 to 20.11.1940

CHRISTIE,  Mr Lindsay     &    Mrs
Overseas Workers with the World Wide Evangelical Crusade, Colombia 1978-84

CHURCHER, Very Rev Neil Gordon        F.T.C.L.
b. (?)
w Muriel Ena  m 10 February 1959 died 6 November 2016
Theological Hall, Dunedin, 1958 - 1960
Ordained Te Kuiti, Waikato Presbytery, 14 December 1960
St Johns, Greymouth, Westland Presbytery, 22 September 1966
Khandallah, Wellington,  Wellington Presbytery,  23 May 1974
Knox Church, Dunedin,  Dunedin Presbytery, 9 February 1984
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, 1988 
St. Stephen and St. Aidan, Lower Hutt, Wellington Presbytery, June 1994  
Minister Emeritus, August 1997
"Over Neil's fifty years of ministry, he touched the lives of a great many people. He has been a very significant leader in the life of our Church and he was a person of real warmth who provided wise and compassionate counsel."
Died June 2010 at Dunedin

CHURCHILL, Rev Gaynor May (Gaye) nee Tansley      B.Th., Dip.Min.
born Mosgiel, Otago
husband Jackson Alexander, Churchill married 22 December 1962
Session Clerk, Motueka Moutere Hills Parish
Bachelor of Theology 1989 Otago University
Theological Hall 1987-1989 
Licensed St Andrews, Motueka 10 November 1989
Ordained Wanganui West 23 February 1990
Wanganui West United, 1 January 1991
School Chaplain, St. Cuthbert’s College Auckland, Auckland Presbytery 22 August 1993
Minister Emerita 30 June 2006
Moved to Nelson

CLARK, Miss
Maori Miss
Waiohau Native School, teacher, Assist Miss 1924

CLARK, Rev Alec
Ang Ch
Bluff-Greenhills Co-op SP  10.1990       Term completed 16.8.1995

CLARK, Rev Colin D.
Meth Ch
Tawa Union Assoc WnP  2.1973

CLARK, Rev D. Elizabeth          Dip.Social Work
Burwood- St.Kentigern’s United Parish ChP
Motueka Uniting Parish  NMP  2004

CLARK, Rev Dallas Ronald
b 24.7.1924
w Sylvia May b 26.9.1929 m 6.1.1955
Theological Hall 1954, 1956-7 (1955  omitted)
Ordained Merrivale-Waiau SP 12.2.1958
St Andrews Dargaville NP  3.2.1966
Glen Eden AP  5.6.1975
Knox Feilding MnP 23.11.1980 - retired 12.2.1986
Died 8.11.2012

CLARK, Rev David John             B.A., L.Th., MTh (Oxon)
Born 20 July 1947 in Wellington
w Jenny Appleton  m 25.11.1972  (div)
Ngaio Primary School and Onslow College
BA in History and Asian Studies Victoria University Welligton
Theological Hall 1970-72
Ord Assoc Dannevirke HBP 8.2.1973
Waverley Co-op TkP  7.10.1976
St Albans Christchurch 4.2.1982
St Lukes Remuera, Auckland  AP  3.3.1988
Came out as a gay man at the Invercargill General Assembly 1991
Hosted the ecumenical National Gay Christian Conference 1991
Master of Theology, Westminster College, University of Oxford 1994
Convener of Auckland Presbytery Executive, supporter of the Pakpinjai Project
Died 13 Mar 2012

CLARK, Rev Dr David Scott          B.A., B.Theol. (Hons1), PhD.
Born into Presbyterian life in Beachlands, Auckland
The Rev. Sam McCay planted the idea to pursue a life in ministry
Exchange student, Germany
Bachelor of Arts 1995 Bachelor of Theology (Honours I) 1996 Otago University
Theological Hall 1995-1997
Ordained Assistant Minister 11 December 1997, St Lukes, Remuera, Auckland  AP
Minister within the Bounds, Dunedin Presbytery, 8 March 2000 (on extended study leave)
Ph.D. in Theology focused on Rev. Helmut Rex, in Germany
Minister Within the Bounds, Wellington Presbytery, 16 December 2004
Treasury analyst, Wellington for three years
Other Recognised Minister, Dunedin and North Otago Presbytery: Master of Selwyn College, 17 July 2008
Member of Parliament for Dunedin North 2011
Honorary Assistant, Knox Church, Dunedin, Southern Presbytery
Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Otago University 2023

CLARK, Debra
Local Team Ministry, St Paul's, Invercargill, Southland Presbytery, commissioned 10 June 2010 — dissolved 10 March 2022

CLARK, Rev Drina Elizabeth (Elizabeth)
born Gisborne
husband Murray Leaonard married 8 December 1962
Laboratory Food Technician, Chemistry Division, DSIR; Family Therapist and Counsellor (part-time) and Medical Social Worker in Geriatrics (part-time) Wellington Area Health Board
Diploma of Social Work 1977 Victoria University of Wellington
Ordained and Inducted Burwood United - St Kentigern’s, Christchurch Presbytery, 1 February 1996
Motueka Uniting  Parish, Nelson Marlborough Presbytery  8 April 2003
Minister Emerita, Nelson Marlborough Presbytery, 6 January 2008

CLARK, Miss E.G.
Served in the PCNZ General Treasurer’s Office Wellington 1943 to 31.1.1961
Secretary of Church Property Trustees 1956 to 31.1.1961
“One remembered with gratitude her coming to the office under the late Mr LB Mushet
(General Treasurer) during the war years when efficient staff were difficult to obtain,
the immense help given to Mr Mushet in his times of illness, and in more recent times,
the ready acceptance of many new responsibilities. In all her work, Miss Clark has been
most concientious and up to date at all times…. He initiative and devotion had seen the
creation of new systems and methods to keep pace with the needs of a growing Church.”
(Mr J Smaill, General Treasurer, 1961)

CLARK, Rev Henry                M.C.,M.A.
b 10.10.1885 at McKellar’s Flat
Studied at University of New Zealand
w Catherine E. b 3.8.1885 m 17.12.1914
Theological Hall 1910-12
Ord Waiareka NOP 13.2.1913 - resigned 18.4.1916
Chaplain NZ Expeditionary Forces, war service from 26.4.1916 to 5.8.1918
Milton (Tokomairiro) ClP 10.9.1919
To Australia :
St Kilda Melbourne (Presb. Church of Victoria)  29.4.1925
Terang (Victoria) 1941
St Giles, Geelong (Victoria) 1948 – demitted 1953
Died 21 April 1955

CLARK, Rev James
b Scotland
Educated at Glasgow University & Free Church College, Glasgow.
Licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Breadalbane 1863.
Came to NZ as Probationer; Received by the Presbytery of Otago 16.3.1864
Ordained by Commission of Presbytery of Otago 1864
Riverton SP 6.4.1864
Palmerston NOP  30.5.1871
Moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland 1878
Resigned 1893 due to ill health (diabetes)
Died 1897

CLARK, Rev John Hugh
b 19.8.1920; w  Isabella Millar Nicol b 14.6.1922 m 15.12.1944
As a young man he was radar mechanic, & served in WW2; he married in Scot during
WW2; came to NZ to Dn; he belonged to Grants Braes in its early yrs, where he was
elder, & clerk of managers;  he felt call to min & beganas HM HM Dannevirke Outfields
HBP  12.1957
Awhitu SAP 1961
Hall 1962-4
Ord Assist Mosgiel DnP 11.2.1965
Riverton SP 26.10.1967
Lauder COP 15.2.1973
Halkett (Kirwee ChP) 8.6.1978
Died 2.9.1981 suddenly in office

CLARK, Mr J.S.     & Mrs
HM Katikati BPP 1948
Maori Miss, David Hogg Mem Hostel Whakatane,
Master &   Matron 1.9.1949 res 4.5.1951
(Is this the same JS Clark as below ?)

CLARK, Mr Josh Stanley
b. 23.10.1918
w.(?)  b.(?)  m.(?) 
Formerly a Farmer, Gardener, Coal-Miner and Butcher. A Methodist Church Home
Missionary for 2½ years at Havelock (Nelson) and Sumner (Christchurch), took the
Methodist Church HM course.
HM Opunake TkP 1943; Ord HM 16.9.1943
Kaiapoi c.1945-46 - resigned 15.7.1946 due to his wife’s health and withdrew.

CLARK,  Miss Nancy Honor    
b. Surrey England 13.1.1924. m 2.3.57
m. James Kirk  2.3.1957  (marriage annulled 1958)
Educated at Kohimarama, St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland Teachers’ Training College
Auckland (“C” Certificate), Auckland University College (Music I & II for B.A.), and
Massey College (Diploma in Horticulture with distinction). Had nine years experience
as a teacher in NZ Schools prior to Missions Service. 
Missionary New Hebrides (Vanuatu); 
Ordained as Missionary to New Hebrides in Kohimarama Church, 1 March 1953
Tongoa - Teacher  appt. 16.2.1953 (temporary appointment for 3 years)
Returned to NZ for personal reasons 25 April 1957
Resigned  31.12.1957

CLARK, Rev Mrs Pamela         see          Fraser, Pamela

CLARK, Rev Stephen
b 15.5.1913 at Hmilton of Quaker parents.
w Marjorie Gwenyth b 5.9.1914 m 22.11.1941
Trained as a cabinet maker. Joined the local Bible Class and served as leader in
sucessive Crusader Camps. As the call to ministry grew stronger, began studies
at the Bible Training Institute in Auckland. Invited by the Congregational Church
Union to apply for ministry training, was accepted and commenced a three year
training course at Trinity Methodist College in Auckland.
At end of the second year he was asked to accept pastorate of Devonport
Congregational Church and continue his studies extra-murally; he did so and in
due course was ordained in 1942. 
Devonport Congregational Church, Auckland
Whangarei Congregational Church – 6 year term 
He then accepted appointment to become a Children’s Evangelist with the C.S.S.M.
and Scripture Union.
He applied to be received by Presb. Church of NZ, the Committee recommending a
two year Hall course.
Theological Hall 1958-9 (special course)
Inducted St Stephen’s, Melville, Hamilton WkP 3.12.1959
St Martins, Papatoetoe  SAP  22.3.1967 - resigned 17.4.1977
Organising Secretary Bible Society Auckland  (NSP) 2.1978 - retired 31.1.1980
“Stephen Cark was a direct and uncomplicated dperson. There was never any
doubting what he meant nor where he stood. Stephen was a man whose faith
permeated evry part of life and made it an invisible whole. Whatever he did he
gave his best.
He was a man of strong evangelical convictions but these did not close the door
on his understanding of and friendship with his fellow ministers. Stephen was a
gracious Christian gentleman loved by all who knew him; possessing a gift of
friendship and of sharing his faith with those whom he met.” (from Obit.)
Died 23 March 2002 at Waikato Hospital, aged 88 years.

CLARK, Rev William George Boyd (George)        B.A.
born 8 August 1923 in Rakaia, educated Christchurch Boys' High School, military service, initially in the army, and redirected into the Royal New Zealand Air Force as an aircraftsman in communication
wife: Olive Janet MacArthur, a Dunedin Teachers' College Student from Clinton, born 29 November 1925 married 23 August 1950 died November 2015, met through their mutual involvement in the Bible Class Movement
Felt the call to Presbyterian Ministry
Hall 1949-1951
Ordained Becks-Lauder (Omakau Central Otago Presbytery), 7 February 1952
Completed BA 1954
Woodlands, Southland Presbytery, 28 February 1956 — resigned 21 June 1962 - to Canada, for short appointment in the United Church of Canada, British Columbia, three years.
Iona, Upper Hutt, Wellington Presbytery, 23 September 1965
Saddle Hill, Dunedin Presbytery, 4 July 1974
Banks Peninsula, Christchurch Presbytery, 28 May 1981 — retired 7 July 1984, to Alanton, near Mosgiel
Helped in congregations including St Pauls Trinity Pacific, Christchurch, and Knox Church, Dunedin
Died in Dunedin, 22 December 2017