SMALE, Rev Sydney Stuart                  B.A.
b 1.12.1925 at Edinburgh, Scotland
w Mary Gerrie b 13.12.1924 m 25.6.1948  d.? (pre-deceased him)
Served with the Royal Navy during World War Two before emigrating to Australia
as an Engineer. Commenced training for the ministry in 1950.
Studied at the University of Melbourne and at Ormond Theological College.
Ordained 1960
Rosanna Parish, North Melbourne (Presb. Church of Victoria) 1960.
To New Zealand :
Called to -
First Church, Dunedin  DnP  4.3.1965 - resigned 31.1.1971
Returned to Australia :
Home Missions Director, Presb. Church of Victoria, Melbourne.
North Balwyn 1974 to 1978
Minister in the Uniting Church of Australia in Victoria
Died 11 March 2005 suddenly at Melbourne.

SMALES, Rev William Alastair                            Dip.Th.
wife Jacquelin Cuthbert nee Smith married 14 January 1967
clerk
Diploma of Theology 1971 Knox College
Theological Hall 1969-1971
Ordained Waimarino, Wanganui Presbytery, 25 November 1971 — resigned 31 January 1974
With Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Indonesia, 1975-1982
Forrest Hill Presbyterian Church, North Shore Presbytery, 3 February 1983
Knox Church Lower Hutt, Wellington Presbytery, 28 June 1995
Minister emeritus, Dunedin Presbytery 31 December 2008
Senior Active Retired and Minister emeritus, Southern Presbytery, 14 August 2015
Minister emeritus, Southern Presbytery, 7 June 2021

SMALL, Rev Brian N.
Meth Ch
Hokitika St Andrews United  2.1980  to  12.1983
Tamatea Community Ch, Napier  SS 1.6.1989 to 31.3.1990;
Ind  2.1991.

SMALL, Mr Michael        & Mrs
Miss PNG
Sawmill Mechanic, Mendi PNG  1978

SMART, Mr A.
HM Toko TkP  1912

SMART, Rev Frederic Lang
b 15.8.1907; w Joan Barbara b 26.7.1910 m 28.6.1934
HM Hauraki Plains WkP  1950
Ord HM Ngaruawahia WkP  8.2.1951  res 31.12.1954

SMEATON, Mr W.H. Oliphant
Rep 1880: he passed through undergrad course in Edin Univ, & has completed 1st
Yr in theol under AP; he has also been engaged as evangelist (HM) for last 6 mths.
Helensville AP  1879-80  -  no further mention.
Son of Prof Smeaton, Edin.      

SMELLIE, Rev Allan Douglas
w Nira Fay  m 13.2.1971
Theological Hall 1970-72
Ord Maheno-Incholme  NOP 1.3.1973
Queenstown COP 19.8.1976 - resigned 30.4.1980  & withdrew.

SMELLIE, Rev James Bain
b. 14.6.1854  Glasgow, Scotland.
w. Mary Ann Robertson, a printfield worker of Campsie, Scotland  b.(?)  m. May 1886  d.(?)
Educated at The University of Glasgow, Free Church of Scotland Theological College
Glasgow, and New College Glasgow.
Licensed by the Stirling Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland 31.5.1883.
Ordained Townhill, Dunfermline 16 Sept 1884 – served until 1887
To New Zealand, arrived 1887 -
Received by the (Northern) Presb. Church of NZ 1887
Newtown, Wellington (supply)  WnP  4 mths 1887
Inducted Rangiora ChP  5.7.1888
Wyndham MtP  14.1.1891 - resigned 1898
To Australia –
Beltana (Smith of Dunesk Mission), South Australia 16.11.1898 to 1901
Petersburg (Peterborough) 20.9.1901 to 1903
Returned to New Zealand -
Kumara WsP 1903
Reefton WsP  1904
Papakura SAP  27.2.1906 -   he was able to persuade the congregation to engage two Home
Missionaries to assist him in a large and scattered district.
“A man of a genial and kindly spirit, broadminded, and in every sense of the term a Christian
gentleman… Mr Smellie was a faithful pastor, and even in failing health, he bravely continued
in his arduous duties – preaching and visiting with much acceptance.” (from Memorial Minute)
Died  30.10.1911 at the Rotorua Santorium after severe illness.

SMILEY, Dr C.
Overseas Volunteeer
Munda Hosp, Solomon Is  1980

SMITH, Miss Agnes Janet                        M.A. (Edin.)
b. Coalburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Educated at Lesmahagow High School 1950-53, Larkhall Academy S.S. School  1953-56.
Holds an M.A. and a Teaching Certificate from Edinburgh. A member of the Church of Scotland.
Came to New Zealand in 1965
Missionary Teacher New Hebrides - appointed to Onesua High School August 1967
Set apart for Mission service at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Wanganui  26.12.1967
Left for short preparatory training course at All Saints College Sydney  23.1.1968
Arrived New Hebrides air from Sydney 11.6.1968
Returned to NZ en-route to Scotland 10.12.1968 as her Mother had died and she had to return to
Scotland to care for her Father.
Off staff 11.1.1969
Temporary appointment in the French Department of Larkhall Academy at Hamilton (Lanarkshire,
Scotland) from early 1969.   

SMITH, Rev Allan Trevor
born 15 June 1930
wife Margaret Harriett nee Cotton born 10 May 1954 married 15 May 1954 died February 1996 worked in fashion retailings
Raised in the Manawatu; founding member and the first Sunday School superintendent of St Alban's, an outreach of St. David's Presbyterian Church in the Hokowhitu housing area; worked as a window dresser in department stores; advertising manager and interior / graphic designer
Hall 1981-1983
Ordained Otorohanga, Waikato Presbytery, 2 February 1983 — resigned 6 August 1985
Scots Hamilton, Stated Supply, 1985
St Stephens, Hamilton (Melville Waikato Presbytery), 29 May 1986 — retired 31 March 1992
Minister Emeritus, Waikato Presbytery, 1 April 1992
Served as an interim moderator for churches around the Manawatu in his retirement
died 26 October 2021 in the care of MetLife Rest Home in Palmerston North aged 91.

SMITH, Miss Amanda       
Maori Miss
Waiohau Assist 1925  - left in 1926 for a place less remote.

SMITH, Ann Gladys  (Sr Gladys)                 Q.S.M.
b 28.10.1905 at Tapanui.
Taught for a time as a ‘pupil teacher’ then joined the staff of the Otago Presbyterian Support Services Association (PSSA) at Nisbet Home for children in Dunedin.
From this background she felt called to train as a Deaconess.
Presbyterian Women’s Training Institute Dunedin ? to 1932
Ordained Deaconess 17th May 1933
Congregational Deaconess, St Andrews, Hastings, Hawkes Bay Presbytery, 17 May 1933 - resigned 30 November 1937
Congregational Deaconess, St Davids, Auckland, Auckland Presbytery, 1 December 1937 - October 1952
Congregational Deaconess, Knox Church, Dunedin, Dunedin Presbytery, November 1952 - retired  31 January 1966
Sister Gladys retired officially at the end of 1965, but, true to the motto of the Deaconess Order ‘By Love Serve’, she continued to work for her Lord in Knox Church, Ross Home, and the community, for another thirty years. (from Obit.)
Awarded the Queen’s Service Medal in 1979.
Died 16 September 1996

SMITH, Mrs B.              see                     Sutton, Elizabeth

SMITH, Mr Bernard        
Miss - New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
Carpenter working at Tongoa under VSA.  He married Elizabeth Sutton, & after a
spell in NZ they returned to Tongoa 1973.

SMITH, Mr D.
Maori Mission - artisan Missionary
Whakaki Artisan Missionary  16.1.1958, also HM from 11.8.1958
Nuhaka - resigned 4.11.1961

SMITH, Rev Craig
Anglican, from UK
inducted Amuri Co-operating Parish, Christchurch Presbytery, 30 May 2007

SMITH, Rev David Mark
wife Karen Rihi Smith married 21 August 1983
Bachelor of Theology 1988 New Zealand Baptist (Carey) Theological College; Diploma 1988 New Zealand Baptist (Carey) Theological College
Ordained New Zealand Baptist November 1988
Senior Pastor, Waihi Baptist Church 5 February 1989
Senior Pastor, Karori Baptist Church 1994
Received 1 December 2002 — Minister within the Bounds, Wellington Presbytery
Chaplain and head of boarding, St. Kentigern College, Auckland 9 February 2003
other recognised minister and stated supply Remuera – Somervell Presbyterian Church, Northern Presbytery, 3 June 2024

SMITH, Rev Dianne Margaret                       Dip.Th., Dip.Min., RN & RM.
born Christchurch
Registered General and Obstetric Nurse 1971 Christchurch School of Nursing; Registered Midwife 1972 Christchurch School of Nursing; Diploma in Theological Studies 1993 Otago University; Diploma in Ministry 1993 Knox Theological Hall
Licensed by Christchurch Presbytery on  21.11.1993
Ordained Assistant Minister Knox Church Christchurch, Christchurch Presbytery, 3 March 1994
Hospital Chaplain Christchurch, Christchurch Presbytery 1 February 1996; commissioned 28 February 1996
Minister Within the Bounds Christchurch Presbytery, 28 February 2004
Elder Care Canterbury Coordinator, Presbyterian Support Upper South Island (PSUSI), January 2008
Minister Emerita, Christchurch Presbytery 13 December 2011

SMITH, Rev. Elizabeth Helen (Libby)                               BTh., Dip.Min., LTh., RN., RM.
born 22 May 1942 Invercargill
husband John Smith divorced
Registered Nurse 1963; midwifery 1966; Plunket 1967
Licentiate of Theology 1965 Bible College of New Zealand; Bachelor of Theology 2000 Otago University
Licensed Southland Presbytery 26 November 2000
Licentiate, Dunedin Presbytery 6 February 2001
Licentiate, North Otago Presbytery 10 April 2001
Ordained Kurow, North Otago Presbytery, 29 April 2001
Minister Emerita, Central Otago Presbytery, 20 May 2007
died 20 May 2023

SMITH, Rev Ernest Robert Johnston                B.A.
wife Alison Mary nee Troughton married 18 January 1964
Seven years farming
Theological Hall 1964-66
Ordained Malvern (Sheffield Christchurch Presbytery), 3 February 1967
Mayfield, Ashburton Presbytery 5 December 1974
Massey-Riverhead (Kumeu), Auckland Presbutery 7 February 1980
Beachlands-Maraetai, South Auckland Presbytery, 7 February 1991 half-time 1 April 2002
Minister Emeritus, South Auckland Presbytery, 20 January 2003
Moderator of South Auckland Presbytery 2004

SMITH, Rev Frederick John
b 1.9.1899 (or 1.9.1890) Stratford 
w.(?)  b.(?)  m. 1916  d.(?)
Formerly Manager of a grocery business in Patea; then went to Melbourne to study
for 3 years at a Training College. Served in the Salvation Army there for 2½ years in
social and slum work. He returned to NZ and served in the Salvation Army for 3 years.
Entered HM service 1922 and took the HM course.
HM Onga Onga HBP 1922
Kihi Kihi WkP  1926;  Ord HM 1926
Pio Pio WkP 1930     
Manurewa SAP  1934
Cheviot ChP  1940
New Brighton ChP  1946
Belfast-Styx ChP 1951 - retired 31.12.1953
Died  2.8.1968  Christchurch.

SMITH, Rev G. Clive                  L.Th.
Meth Ch
Lyttelton Union ChP  2.1980  appt completed 31.1.1988

SMITH, Rev G.D.
Fr Pres Ch of Canada
Clevedon SAP  SS  1965       

SMITH, Sr Gladys               see                     Smith, Ann Gladys

SMITH, Rev Dr Hilary Oxford
Ordained to Ministry of Word and Sacrament, Presbytery of Melrose and Peebles, Church of Scotland, 23 September 1999
Stated Supply Minister, Hibiscus Coast Parish, North Shore Presbytery, 3 May 2010, for 3 months
Appointed Stated Supply Minister, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Stoke, Nelson/Marlborough Presbytery, 14 June 2011 (part-time)
stated supply minister Oamaru – St Paul’s Maheno Otepopo Presbyterian Church, Southern Presbytery, 1 October 2023

SMITH, Mr Horace
HM Waikawa (Niagara SP)  1916
Hindon & Lee Stream DnP stud 1917, no further mention.

SMITH, Rev Henry Alfred                B.A.
Theological Hall 1950-52
Ordained Waikaka MtP 10.4.1953 - resigned 9.6.1953 and withdrew.

SMITH, Rev Howard Mitchell                B.A., B.D.
wife Glyn Heather nee Kellock married 14 August 1982
Bachelor of Arts 1971 Massey University; Bachelor of Divinity 1974 Otago University
Theological Hall 1971-3
Ordained Limestone Plains Southland Presbyytery 19 October 1975
Chaplain, Kew Hospital Invercargill, 1 July 1979 — resigned 30 September 1982
Bluff Co-operating, Southland Presbytery, Stated Supply 11 March 1985
Inducted Bluff-Greenhills Co-operating Southland Presbytery 21 July 1985
Kurow, North Otago Presbytery, 2 November 1989 — resigned 17 April 2000
Minister within the Bounds, Dunedin Presbytery, 2 May 2000
Minister Emeritus, Southern Presbytery, 13 August 2011

SMITH, Rev Ivan Alfred                 B.A., B.D., Dip.Theol., J.P.
born 3 January 1940 at Glenorchy, Lake Wakatipu, father was local garage proprietor, went to local primary school and Gore High School, and Otago University, worked on the construction of Glenorchy-Queenstown road, aged 18-22
wife (1) Elizabeth Jill  married 20 January 1962
wife (2) Pat Veltkamp-Smith, journalist for Southland Daily News and Southland Times, born Invercargill, died 22 March 2019 aged 85
Theological Hall 1970-1972
Ordained Upper Waitaki Combined Chaplain (Twizel, South Canterbury Presbytery) 6 February 1973
Waiono Union (Nightcaps, Southland Presbytery) 1 September 1974 — resigned 1 August 1978 and withdrew
Worked at local coal mine, involved in union affairs and the local Labour Party
Honorary Assistant, Waiono Union, Southland Presbytery, November 1984
Justice of the Peace, 1992; Certificate of Judicial Studies, TOPNZ, 1997
Minister within the Bounds, Southland Presbytery, February 2002
Minister Emeritus, September 2011
died 25 May 2019 after a prolonged battle, aged 79 years

SMITH, Very Rev James Douglas                  B.A.
b 4.6.1889 Invercargill;
w Ellen (Nellie) b  2.8.1888 m 5.11.1914 d 15.8.1981
Secondary school education at Southland Boys High School Invercargill and Wellington College.
Attended Victoria College Wellington where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Theological Hall 1911-13
Licensed by Wellington Presbytery
Ordained 1914
Relieved for a time at Knox Church Dunedin 1914
Waipawa HBP 13.5.1914
Chaplain to Forces NZEF 2.2.1917 to 21.6.1919
Manaia TkP  11.12.1919
Kaikorai  DnP  2.6.1927 – during this time the strenuous workload during the depression years
caused a breakdown in his health.
Mt Eden AP  7.7.1938  - retired 30.11.1952
Served on Presbytery for over 30 years.
“(Rev) Smith could not bear to remain silent in the presence of falsehood, or error, or evil custom,
or hurtful institution. He spoke out fearlessly against what was foolish, hurtful or wrong. But he
was not merely negative. With unwavering courage and strong conviction he championed all that
was good and wholesome and redeeming in human endeavour.
(Rev) Smith has strong convictions, yet he was not rigid and unyielding in those convictions or
mastered by pre-conceived ideas or prejudices. He always seemed free to judge a question on its
merits, looking for the living answer to a living situation. That surely was one of the qualities that
made him so fexible in his thinking and so wise in his judegments.
(Rev) Smith had a clear, incesive, judicial mind which enabled him to make firm judegements, and to
express them strongly; but he also had a generosity of spirit, and a capacity for deep feeling, which
enabled him to understand other points of view and to speak with a gentleness and a tolerance that
added strength to the witness he gave.”
Moderator of Assembly 1947-48; prominent in Temperance Committee (also acted as Convener);
Clerk of Dunedin Presbytery for some years; he was a prominent figure in Church Courts where his
contributions were clear, concise, and powerful, conveying sound judgement.  Served on the
Missions Committee and Overseas Missions Committee for 30 years.
“One of the best known and most trusted Ministers of our Church”.
Second son of the Rev John Gibson Smith. Father of the Rev Robin Gibson Smith
Died  Auckland 4.12.1968

SMITH, Rev James McCosh          M.A., B.D.(Aberdeen)
born 10 February 1839, Brechin, Scotland to John Smith and Christina (Stewart);
baptised 15 February 1839, at Brechin, Angus, Scotland
wife Jane Agnes Lumsden born 7 April 1845 married 11 January 1871 at Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland died 29 November 1936
Studied at Aberdeen University & Free Church College Aberdeen, gaining Master of Arts in 1866 and Bachelor of Divinity in 1870.
Licensed by Presbytery of Brechin of FCS in 1870.
He was sent out by the Free Church Colonial Committee to Otago as Probationer in 1870
Ordained Mt Ida (Naseby, Central Otago Presbytery) 11 October 1870 (one record states October 1871) the boundaries practically were Palmerston, Alexandra and the Taieri Plain — retired 30 September 1907 — after 37 years.  
After retirement he was sheep farming with his family at the recently subdivided Blackston Station, 'but active in the service of the Kingdom'.
Moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Otago & Southland 1887.
Died  2 May 1918 at Blackstone Hill, Becks, Central Otago, in his eightieth year

SMITH, Rev John Gibson
b 25.9.1862 Kilmarnock Ayrshire Scotland;
w Annie nee Gibb (sister of Dr James Gibb) b 28.5.1859 m 28.4.1887 d 22.1.1939
Educated at King's College Aberdeeny & UP Theological Hall Edinburgh;
Licensed by UP Aberdeen Presbytery 1887
Came to NZ as Probationer in 1887
Ord St Stephen's North Dunedin DnP 19 Dec 1887
First Church Invercargill SP 4.10.1894
St Andrews Wellington WnP 4.8.1903  ret 31.8.1916 ill-health
Rona Bay (Eastbourne) WnP in retirement 1917 - resigned 6.1932 -  after 16 years.   
Author of 'The Christ of the Cross',  'Eden and After '(theol. poem)
'A man of broad sympathies & winsome personality, he had outstanding gifts as a
preacher; master of a fine literary style with a measure of poetical genius.  In the
days of his strength he occupied a distinguished place in our Church.'
Father of Rev John Douglas Smith and Grandfather of Rev Robin Gibson Smith.
Died  23.4.1933, aged 70 

SMITH, Mr John Millar
b. 29.6.1851 Port Glasgow, Scotland
Came to Australia in 1857
Educated at Scotch College to 1865. Worked as an Engraver for 7 years. Assistant Secretary of
The Melbourne Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) from 1876.
Home Missionary training 1886.
Home Missionary at Colac, St Kilda, Sorrento and Drouin (under the Presb. Church of Victoria)
To New Zealand –
Applied to the Presb. Church of NZ General Assembly 1887 to be accepted as a 'student evangelist'
(Home Missionary) – agreed (in accord with regulations of the General Assembly).
Woodville student Preacher  1886
Meanee & the Spit (Napier) supply 1888 - resigned 1889
Returned to Australia –
Coolgardie, Western Australia (Home Missionary Supply) 1895 to Jan 1896
Licensed by the Presbytery of Western Australia 11.12.1895
Returned to New Zealand Jan 1896 –
Returned to Australia –
Received by the Presb. Church of Victoria
Ordained Barrabool – Winchelsea 20.4.1897 to 10.8.1902
Daylesford 1902 to 1907
Morwell 1907 to 1913
Wallan 1913 to 1915
Dimboola 1915 to 1918
Woodford 1918 to 1926 – retired.
Died 12.7.1941          

SMITH, Rev John Nicoll Angus  (Jack)
born 3 November 1914, Invercargill
wife Linda Ethel nee Roseveare born 30 December 1919 married 2 December 1941 died 2007
He began working in the drapery trade.
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1939-41
Licensed by Presbytery of Dunedin Oct 1941
Ordained for Maori Mission work, Bay of Plenty Presbytery 3 February 1942
Served at Reporoa; Taupo; Te Teko 13.6.1946;  Whakatane
Maori Mission Auckland 5 July 1950 — resigned from Missions 31.3.1955
Kaikorai, Dunedin Dunedin Presbytery 14 April 1955
Tutor in Maori Language, Department of University Extension, University of Otago, 1964
Papakura East, South Auckland Presbytery, 4 February 1965 — retired to Pukekohe 30 April 1979 mainly through ill-health.
Cowra, South West Australia (supply for 3 mths while the Min was absent) 1980.
Died  3 September 1981

SMITH, Rev John Raymond                   B.A.
b 28.4.1914; unmarried
Fr Pr of Donegal  -  Ord 10.1942  -  recommended by Tulloch  Yuille.
Eltham TkP  5.5.1948  res 8.3.1953  & wthd.

SMITH, Mr John Watson           B.A.
b.1858 Victoria, Australia.
From Australia
Theological Hall 1888-1890
Licensed Feb 1891
Macraes Feb 1891 - Jun 1891 (no money to pay salary)
Catlins River Outfields Apr 1892 – Dec 1894
[Stations 1895 to 1899 unknown]
Wanaka COP Apr 1900 - Resigned due to a long and serious illness c.1900
Wanaka COP – (reappointed) Apr 1901 to Feb 1903
Reported 1904 : Laboured most of year, but late in year moved to Colac Bay.
Colac Bay  SP 1904
Resigned HM service Sept 1904
Returned to Melbourne Australia 1916
Was an original member and Elder of Chalmers [Gaelic] Church Dunedin, gave supply for a time,
attending meetings whenever he returned to Dunedin.
Died 15 June 1928     

SMITH, Rev Kenneth
Meth Ch
Tokomairiro Co-op (Milton ClP)  2.1985

SMITH, Rev Kenneth Wilbur                   B.D.
Min of United Pres Ch in USA - grad of San Francisco Theol Sem 1955,
Ord Alaska.   Recd by Ass 1963.
No further mention.

SMITH, Miss Marjorie
Maori Mission
Maori Boys Farm, Te Whaiti, Assistant 1941-43

SMITH, Mr Millar
From Tasmania.
Home Missionary Lauder COP 1882 – resigned 4 months after appointment to
Become the Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, Dunedin
Returned to Australia

SMITH, Mrs M.W.                see                    Dellow, Wynne

SMITH, Mr Peter McCallum
b 29.4.1910
w Agnes b 2.11.1915 m 29.12.1951  remarried 31.7.1974
Entered Religious journalism as a boy and served county and city newspapers.
Editor of the “Motherwell Times” for 7 years.
Served as a Captain in the Middle east during World War Two.
Later on the staff of the “Scottish Daily Record” in Glasgow.
Came to NZ on appointment to “The Outlook”.
Editor of “The Outlook”, Christchurch 1.5.1957
During his Editorship of "The Outlook", it gained International recognition as a
noteworthy Religious Journal. Although he did not agree with a number of events
in the church which saddened him, he won many friends for his impartial journalism,
dedication and professionalism.
Died suddenly Christchurch 27.6.1967 in office.

SMITH, Robbie
wife: Sharon
Ngati Whatua —Auckland and Northland; Waipu Presbyterian Church, Northland
Prison ministry, Te Awhina Ministry
Theological Hall, Knox College, Dunedin, 1998

SMITH, Rev Robert Leonard
b 15.9.1921
w Catherine Dalgleish b 10.2.1923 m 15.11.1947
Theological Hall  1951-53
Ordained to Youth Dept Staff, Christchurch 17.12.1953
St Aidans Christchurch ChP  8.8.1957
Takaka NMP 23.7.1963
Waverley TkP  2.7.1969
Tirau Co-op WkP  16.9.1976
Te Kuiti WkP 29.10.1981 - ret 30.11.1984 due to ill-health.
“A strong pastoral sense was the key to Bob’s ministry; he identified strongly with
the disadvantaged and the distressed, and gave himself compassionately to bringing
to such people what help and comfort he could. His time with the Youth Department
is indicative of his interest in young people that remained with him throughout his
ministry.” (from Obit.)
Died May 1998, after a long and disabling illness which he bore with great patience
and fortitude.

SMITH, Rev Robin Gibson                   B.A., A.N.Z.L.A.
born 13 April 1923
wife Shirley Fawcett born 8 July 1924 married 24 August 1949 died 2008
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1948-1950
Ordained Associate Minister, Knox, Masterton, Wairarapa Presbytery, 6 February 1951
Manawatu South (Shannon Manawatu Presbytery), 15 August 1951
Mt Ida, Central Otago Presbytery, 1 September 1955
Hillcrest, Hamilton Waikato Presbytery, 21 July 1964 — resigned from parish ministry 30 April 1970, retrained as a librarian — retired 1988
Honorary Assistant Minister, St Andrews, Hamilton, 7 December 1975 — resigned 18 April 1983  and withdrew.
Minister Emeritus 4 October 1988
Active in Waikouaiti, then at Knox Church, when they moved to Dunedin
Supported the Labour Party, Amnesty International, Howard League for Prison Reform, and the Orokanui Eco-sanctuary; ensured the promotion of organisations committed to justice in the congregations he was a member, and also committed to LGBTQI inclusion.
Son of Rev James Douglas Smith and Grandson of Rev John Gibson Smith, Grand-nephew to Rev James Gibb
died peacefully Sunday, 11 February 2018
Joy Cowley ONZ named him as one of the key people, who as a young minister, showed her the gentle, kind and loving face of Jesus and who thereby changed her attitude to the church.

SMITH, Mr Ronald John                         B.Com.,  A.R.A.N.Z
b. Balclutha
Educated at Kings High School Dunedin and Otago University. A qualified Accountant.
Mission Service  India – appointed as an Accountant for 3 years from 1.1.1963
To All Saints College Sydney for short training course first term 1963
Arrived in India via the “SS Stratheden” 28 June 1963
Ludhiana, Punjab 1963 as Accountant and Auditor with the Punjab Synod of the Church
of Northern India for 3 year term; term extended three months to Oct 1966.
Left India for Britain Oct 1966, Resigned 1967.

SMITH, Mr S.T.
Weber HBP  stud prch  1896
Fordell WgP stud prch  1898
Ormond Gisborne  1899  res 11.1899
No further mention.

SMITH, Mr T.H.         & Mrs
Maori Miss - David Hogg Mem Hostel Whakatane,
Master & Matron  8.3.1962

SMITH, Rev Walter
Licensed by the Glasgow Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland 1895
Came to New Zealand as Probationer; sailed from London 10.12.1897
Ord Ngaruawahia WkP 22.2.1898
Waikato West (Huntly) 1.6.1898 - res 1.10.1901 & returned to Scotland.

SMITH, Miss Winifred Joan             Dip.H.Sc.
Maori Miss
Turakina Maori Girls Coll, Domestic Science Mistress 1.2.1947; had to res on
Acct of ill-health; reappointed 19.4.1949;
1st Assist 1951;  Matron  1.5.1955  res 31.1.1957.

SMITH, Rev Yvonne Margaret            B.A., Trans.Cert.Psyche., B.D.
husband Richard John Carr, married 22 June 1984
Theological Hall, 1983-1987 (course interrupted)
Licensed Ocean View, Dunedin, 12 June 1988
Ordained Maniototo, Central Otago Presbytery, 12 September 1991
Sumner-Redcliffs-Lyttleton Union, Christchurch Presbytery, 29 April 1997 — resigned 26 December 2000
Chaplain, Rangi Ruru Girls School, Christchurch, 14 January 2001
Chairman of the Church Service Society
Other recognised minister, Southern Presbytery, 20 March 2014
Inducted Minister, St Ninians, Christchurch, Alpine Presbytery, 16 July 2017
Minister St Ninian’s Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, part-time 66%, Alpine Presbytery, 1 August 2018
Minister emerita, Southern Presbytery, 23 June 2019

SMYTH, Rev Hugh Cecil
b 29.5.1902
w Kathleen Mary b 3.9.1912 m 3.2.1945
Educated to 6th Standard and holds a British Army Certificate (2nd Class –
equivalent to 2 years high school) and a diploma from the NZ Bible Training
Institute. Has studied Commercial Bookkeeping. Had 6 years Home Missions
work with the Baptist Church but left owing to disagreement on the Baptism
question. Joined PCNZ Home Missionary service 1948
Eltham TkP  (Stated Supply from 1946) 1948;  Ord 25.8.1948
HM Granity-Denniston WsP 1951
Orewa NSP 1950; undertook the Theological Hall Correspondence Course 1950-
Raised to full Ministerial status Nov 1952
Mahurangi (Warkworth NSP)  10.2.1953 – appointed for 5 years.
Dargaville NP  6.2.1958
Mt Maunganui BPP  3.2.1965 - retired 30.6.1967

SMYTH, Rev John Weir         B.A.(Royal Univ Irel)
b 9.7.1874
w Martha E. b 14.3.1880 m 5.4.1904 d 29..10.1940
From the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, trained in Ireland; Ordained 1902;
came to NZ with his wife and family in 1915;
Received by Assembly 1915.
Greymouth WsP from 5.5.1916, Ind 7.6.1916
Tauranga BPP 10.10.1919 - resigned 12.10.1937 through ill-health.
Avondale (temporary supply) Dec 1937 to (?)
Supplied Avondale, Ellerslie, St Heliers, Tuakau, Drury, Morrinsville, as health
permitted from 1937 until he retired on 31.3.1943 (one record quotes retirement
date as 17.11.1940)    
Clerk of Bay of Plenty Presbytery for many years.
'A cultured and able preacher.'
Died 19.6.1944 at Auckland.

SMYTHE, Miss E.
Overseas Volunteer
Vaemali Hosp, Vanuatu  1980     

SNEDDON, Mrs             see                  Simpson, Margaret

SNOWBALL, Mr A
HM Orawia (Merrivale)  SP  1914 – resigned 1915
Returned to HM service 1919
Ormond, Gisborne 1919

SOLA, Rev Maua Buster             B.A., B.Th.
Theological Hall 1986-8
Ordained Grants Braes Union Dunedin Presbytery, 23 February 1989
Mangere Pacific Islanders Church, Auckland Presbytery, 20 August 1992

SOLOFA, Rev Va'alotu (Va’a) Filipo                  B.A.
wife Lilian Pele nee Tologata married 9 February 1980
Theological Hall, 1979-1981
licensed Knox Church Dunedin, Dunedin Presbytery on behalf of Auckland Presbytery, 18 April 1982
Ordained Pukerau, Mataura Presbytery, 27 May 1982
First Polynesian Presbyterian minister to serve in a non-Pacific church(?)
Pacific Islanders Church, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington Presbytery, 1 February 1990 — resigned 31 July 1997
Lodged Certificate, June 2000
Shepparton Uniting Church, Goulburn-Murray Presbytery, Uniting Church of Australia 1 June 2000
removed from the Ministerial Roll of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, 21 December 2011

SOLOMONA, Rev Fa'afouina Vasa              BA., BD., Dip.Grad., Dip.Min.
Licensed Auckland Presbytery 12 December 1991
Ordained Tahunanui Nelson-Marlborough Presbytery, 11 February 1992 — February 1997
Lodged Certificate, Nelson Marlborough Presbytery 20 February 1997
to First Samoan Congregational Christian Church, San Diego, USA
Removed from the roll, Alpine Presbytery, 28 June 2021

SOLOMONA, Rev Leslie Sinia (Les)                             BTh.
New Zealand-born Samoan, born Wellington
wife: Filifili born Samoa married 26 February 1983, quarter Samoan, Chinese, Tokelau and Tuvalu; Samoa College, Wellington East Girls College, Victoria University of Wellington
clerical and secretarial work, previously at the Faculty of Home Science, Otago University
Licentiate St Marks Presbyterian Church, Avonhead, Christchurch February 1999
Ordained St. Andrew’s Union Church, Featherston (Half Time), and St. Andrew’s Union Church, Greytown (Half Time), Wairarapa Uniting District Council, 21 May 1999
President of the Wairarapa District Council 2002
Hoon Hay Parish, Christchurch  Christchurch Presbytery, 5 December 2002
St Christopher's, Seatoun / Strathmore Parish, Wellington Wellington Presbytery, 27 September 2007
Other Recognised Minister, Wellington Presbytery, 22 August 2010
Minister, Stated Supply (half time), St Anselm’s Union Church, Karori, Wellington Presbytery, 1 October 2010, for three months
Member, Wellington Presbytery, 31 December 2010
Pacific Community Worker, Presbyterian Support Central, 7 September 2010-September 2013
Stated Supply, Cook Islands Presbyterian Church, Wellington Presbytery 1 October 2013 to October 2014
Miramir Uniting Church, Wellington Presbytery, 4 April 2016
Inducted Hutt City Uniting Congregations, Presbytery Central, 10 September 2020 - induction at St Mark's Wesley Uniting Church Lower Hutt, 1 July 2021

SOLOMONA, Rev Setu                         Q.S.M.
b 24.8.1924  Lotofaga, Safata, Samoa.
w Aliki  m 19.3.1960
The son of a Minister in Samoa, emigrated to NZ in 1953. Employed by the Justice Dept.
in Wellington.
Entered the Congregational College of NZ at Mt Eden,Auckland to train for Ministry 1965
Ordained at Newton Pacific Islanders Congregational Church 27.11.1968
Inducted to Pacific Islanders Church (Glen Eden, St Martins) Auckland 1968
Appointed Elder Minister (Faifeau Toeaina) responsible for care and pastoral oversight of
the West Auckland District Pulega Feb 1992 - retired 31.12.1992
Rev. Solomona was received into the PCNZ  with the Congregational Church Ministers at
the General Assembly in 1969.
“The ministry of the Rev Setu Solomona was known for the establishment of a traditional
Samoan village, which helped the people to come together and also to honour their
customs.
Setu was a strong believer in the importance of culture and how it helped define identity
and place in a foreign land. He maintained strong links throughout his life in New Zealand
with the former London Missionary Society Fellowship of Samoa. He was awarded the
Queen’s Service Medal in 1988 for outstanding service top the community. (from Obit.)
Died  17.9.1993 suddenly at Apia, Western Samoa. 

SOMERVILLE, Elizabeth             see              Nichol, Mrs Elizabeth

SOMERVILLE, Rev James Alexander                 M.A.
w. Agnes E Fleming b. (?)  m. 2.12.1896  d.(?)
Theological Hall Dunedin 1893-95
Assistant Knox Church Dunedin DnP  11.1893 to 6.18896
Ord Waihola ClP 7.1896 - resigned early 1900 - to Scotland.
West United Free Church Scotland  1900-26
d. (?)

SOMERVILLE, Very Rev John Spencer (Jack)     O.N.Z., C.M.G.,M.C.,M.A.,D.D.(Hon St Andrews),Ll.D.(Hon Otago)
born 7 July 1910 at Dunedin
wife Janet Christine (daughter of Rev J.T. Macky) born 23 September 1930 married 29 August 1951 died 25 July 1988
Attended Anderson’s Bay School, Otago Boys High School, then studied Law and English at the University of Otago. 
Theological Hall 1935-1937
Westminster College, Cambridge, England, 1937-1938
Ordained Tapanui, Mataura Presbytery, 13 December 1938
Served as an Army Chaplain in Italy from 1942 to 1946, being decorated for bravery and earning the highest devotion and respect from “his troops”.
St Andrews Wellington  Wellington Presbytery, 7 October 1947
Master, Knox College, Dunedin, 5 March 1964 — retired 31 January 1978
Moderator of the General Assembly 1960
Brother of Rev T.C. Somerville and of Mrs Elizabeth Nichol.
Author of “Jack in the Pulpit”.
Convener of the Public Questions Committee and appointed to the Mazengarb Commission on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954.
Pro-Chancellor of the University of Otago 1970 to 1976
Chancellor of the University of Otago 1977 to 1982
“He never lost his interest in all kinds of education as the means by which leadership in the community is stimulated and directed. Of University education he wrote ‘it is centred above all on the fact that universities are for people, for understanding, for enlightenment and for truth.’
Jack was a determined and passionate man, a man of deep loved and deeply loving, one who knew many of his own faults, but who also knew, in his own words, ‘an assurance that from the beginning life was a gift from God filled with the impulse to use my gifts, such as they are, in Christ’s service’.
To the end of his life, Jack remained a stirring preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
He had a deep-felt and abiding interest in people. He was the only ordained minister in the Tapanui area, so made it his business to visit everyone in the district, regardless of their affiliation. That interest continued throughout his life. It led him into such people-orientated organisations as the St Martin Island Community where his theology and his social conscience mingled.
Jack Somerville was a remarkable New Zealander, a fact rcognised by the award of the highest exclusive honour of the Order of New Zealand.” (from Obituary)
Died 5 October 1999 at Dunedin

SOMERVILLE, Rev Thomas Cameron        B.Com.,B.D.
born 7 March 1919, Dunedin
wife: Rosalie Hearn Young (daughter of Archibald J. Young, Anglican Church)
born: 1 June 1926 Timaru, early life in Wanganui, University of Otago - Master of Arts with honours, married: 6 December 1949, remedial reading teacher, returned to Dunedin, 1981 after death of husband — retired June 1988, M.B.E., died 12 May 2017 at Leslie Groves Rest Home, Dunedin, nearly 91 years, cremated 17 May 2017
He began in accountancy; then in Army, Air Force in New Zealand.
Hall 1947-1949; St Andrews Scotland
Ordained Assistant, St Davids Auckland, 28 November 1950
Hillsborough, Auckland Presbytery, 1 July 1953
Green Island, Dunedin Presbytery, 26 June 1958
St Peters, Napier, 30 June 1968
Chartwell Co-operative, Hamilton 31 January 1979
Brother of Rev J.S. Somerville - of Mrs Elizabeth Nichol.
Died 9 March 1981, Hamilton, in office

SOMERVILLE, Rev William Campbell         B.Sc.,Ph.D.(Edin)
b 23.2.1907; w Edith Rose b 1.1.1906 m 15.5.1934
Min of CS Scot,  Ord 1937; came fr Scot & recd by DnP 1.3.1960
Warden Arana Hall Dn 17.3.1960  res 31.10.1969 ill-health.

SOMMERVILLE, Rev Robert
b 23.2.1840 at Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland.
w Isabella White b. (in a tent in Wyndham St, Auckland) 28.3.1843 m. 29 Dec 1869 d.24. 9.1925
The eldest son of Thomas Sommerville, a United Presbyterian Church Minister.
Trained in Dundee as an Accountant. At 23 years of age he came to NZ on the
'Annie Wilson', arrived at Auckland 20 September 1863.  On board he held a class
for  boys on the ship.  After his arrival he worked as a Mining Agent as well as
studying for the Ministry under the Presbytery of Auckland as from July 1865. 
He was the first Presb. Church Minister to receive all his ministry training in NZ.
Whau (Avondale) Auckland AP  (Student Preacher-  Supply) Oct 1867 to Jan 1870 – 
he resigned due to ill-health.
Devonport  AP (Student Preacher - Supply) Feb 1870 to Sept 1871
Licensed by Auckland Presbytery 1 Oct 1873
Ord Whau (Avondale) Auckland AP  9.2.1876
St Peters, Grey Lynn, Auckland AP 16.7.1885 - retired 9.2.1904 and became Senior
Minister.
Assisted at Taylor's Church Panmure, Otara, Huia and Helensville.
Moderator of Assembly 1883; Clerk of Assembly 1880-1924; Moderator of Auckland
Presbytery 1879 and Clerk for 45 years; from 1872 he was associated with the
editorial dept of  'NZ Presbyterian Magazine', afterwards called 'NZ Church News',
also the "Southern Cross"; a member of many other Church Committees.
“He was Moderator of the Assembly in 1883, and on December 3rd 1879, was
appointed Clerk of Presbytery. The appointment was for a month, but he continued
at his post until his death. This period is a record [as at 1924] of NZ Presbyteries,
and is we understand a record for Australasia. He had qualities that enabled him to
succeed in this work. Punctuality and accuracy were illustrated by him. In addition
he had abilities for the conduct of business, and a certain native aptitude for legal
questions. He loved to see the offices of the Church upheld with dignity and
honour, and was scrupulously careful in this respect himself. Although he
cherished a veneration for the traditions of his Church, he was in cordial sympathy
with movements for progress. He had a Scotsman’s love for education, and a
Scotsman’s zeal for schools and colleges.” (from obituary)
Died 5.10.1924 at his home, Grey Lynn, Auckland.

SON, Rev Ki Cheol
Inducted Korean Presbyterian Church of Auckland, Northern Presbytery, 31 July 2022

SOPER, Rev James (Jim) Ernest
(Second name changed by Deed Poll from Maxwell to Ernest)
Clerical Worker
wife Alison Fay married 6 December 1980, primary school teacher
Theological Hall 1984-1985
Ordained Oxford District Union, Christchurch Presbytery, 9 January 1986
St Pauls, Pahiatua, Union, Manawatu Presbytery, 17 December 1992
Minister Emeritus, 9 January 2001

SOPOAGA, Rev Lynmaree (Aunty Lyn)
born Christchurch, teacher for 39 years in New Zealand and overseas
Local Ordained Minister, Malvern Cooperating Parish, Alpine Presbytery, 28 May 2023

SORENSON, Rev Dr Christine
Missionary-Tonga
Tupou College, Tonga, teacher, 1982
Stated Supply Ellerslie-St Peter's, 6 August 2009
Returned to Uniting Church of Australia, 1 January 2012
Other recognised ministry, Northern Presbytery, resigned from Presbyterian Church as she was received onto the Uniting Churches of Australia roll, 21 December 2015; Formation Co-ordinator, Centre for Theology and Ministry, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church of Australia
Inducted Minister, St John's Papatoetoe, Northern Presbyery, 22 February 2024

SOTI, Rev Keri
w Laumata  m 6.2.1971
Hall  1974 (3rd yr)
Ord Assist First Ch Hamilton (Frankton) 26.2.1976
St Lukes PIC Tokoroa WkP  SS  1.2.1978  res 18.8.1978 & wthd.

SOULE, Mr Merideth
HM Hikurangi NP  1906     

SOUTAR, Mr Alexander Chalmers
He began work at Picton 29.6.1868 res 27.6.1869

SOUTH, Mr Moses       and Mrs Emma
Came to Nuhaka from Whangape in Northland, 1908
Moses was headmaster, Nuhaka Native School - retired circa 1930
Elder, taught Sunday School, organist at Nuhaka and Morere churches every Sunday, secretary to Home Mission Station, regular laypreacher at Wharerata and other outstations.
When Moses retired from teaching Morere-Nuhaka Home Mission had no minister, and he acted as the Home Missionary, living in the manse - retired to Gisborne, 1932
Elder, Presbyterian Church, Napier
Moses South died: 4 October 1949; Emma South died: 16 October 1959
His children gave the belfry to the parish, dedicated to his memory

SOUTH, Mr J.W.
HM Wanaka COP  1903
Colac, Round Hill etc. SP  1904 till ret 1905

SOUTH, Mr M.
HM Morere-Nuhaka HBP  1931

SOWERBY, Mr Arthur Edward
b. 22.1.1913
w.(?)  b.(?)  m.(?)  d.(?)
Arthur was the 2nd of 10 children.  Leaving school at 13 he worked as a farm
hand for 9 years, and then trained at the Bible Training Institute of NZ.
Joined the Home Missionary service 20.2.1938
HM Waikare (Putorino via Napier) 1938 – resigned 30.6.1940 due to ill-health.
He served as Home Missionary 1938-40 in Napier-Wairoa area, having 14
preaching places, three services a Sunday and took six Bible-in-Schools classes.
Voice problems caused him to relinquish such intense pastoral and preaching
work, and he returned to farming. Wherever he lived he served as Elder, Sunday
School Teacher, and Lay Preacher and he has preached in almost all of the
Presbyterian Churches in South Auckland. Deservedly he was elected
Moderator of the Presbytery in 1989. (from Obit.)
Died 1994.

SPANDOW, Rev Charles Anthony Matthew (Tony)
Brakpan High School 1966; Diploma of Theology, International Christian College 1978; University of Cambridge 1980, Master of Arts [Theology] Theology and Biblical Studies 1982 Western Evangelical Seminary; Bachelor of Applied Theology, Carey Baptist College 2004
Accepted Jesus Christ as personal saviour 1970
Ordained pastor, Witbank Baptist Church, South Africa 1 January 1979
International Director, Christian Love International 1987-2002; Director, Care Counselling 2005-2010
Received minister, Afrikaans Christian Church of New Zealand August 2005
Stated Supply Minister, St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Manuwera, 6 August 2009
Received from the Afrikaans Church of New Zealand, 14 May 2010
Inducted Minister, St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Manurewa, South Auckland Presbytery, 27 June 2010
Minister emeritus, Northern Presbytery, 2 August 2021

SPEER, Rev Thomas Alexander         B.A.(Trinity Coll, Dublin)
b 6.8.1890 N Ireland
w Helen Elizabeth b 19.5.1889 m 13.8.1919 pred h.
Studied Trinity College, Dublin; then to Princeton Theological Seminary USA for post-graduate
Stud 1919; returned to Northern Ireland;
Licensed by Letterkenny Presbytery Ireland 1916
Ord 27.6.1916 by Presbytery of Tyrone Ireland
Emigrated to NZ 1925
Ind Waiuku SAP 4.3.1926
Wairoa GP 31.7.1930
Bluff SP 12.10.1932
Waihi WkP  2.3.1939
Fordell WgP 14.12.1943
Takapau HBP 25.11.1953 - retired 30.4.1956
Died 21.6.1968 Wanganui

SPENCE, Alison             see                    Spence, Jane Annie

SPENCE, Rev Bruce Alister                B.A.
born 11 September 1933, Nelson
wife Marjorie Sarah, from Australia married 18 December 1954
educated Nelson College, trained as a surveyor, learned bagpipes at the age of 14 and played with pipe bands in Nelson and Dunedin
Surveying and Civil Engineering, Nelson, 1951 to 1958
Theological Hall, 1962-1964
Ordained Reefton-Totara Flat Westland Presbytery, 19 May 1965 — resigned 31 January 1975
To Fairfield / Smithfield / Villawood Presbyterian Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1970 to 1975 — Chaplain, Interchurch Trade and Industry Mission 1975; with the Presbyterian Church into the Uniting Church, 1977; to 31 January 1982
Nelson, 23 March 1982 (Area Co-ordinator, Inter-church Trade and Industry Mission Wellington - Central Districts) — resigned 30 May 1988 — to Australia: Sydney Metropolitan and Hunter Regions ITIM Marketing Officer.
Parish support ministry, Forster-Wallamba Parish, Mid-North Presbytery, Uniting Church of Australia, 1994
Minister Emeritus, 31 October 1998
Died 29 December 2019 aged 86 years

SPENCE, Rev George Archibald Douglas       M.C.,C.F., O.B.E.
b 8 February 1901 Feilding
w Janet May nee Geddes (Jean) b 2 September 1901 20 April 1927
After leaving school he worked in his Father's drapery business and represented Manawatu as a
wing three-quarter
Founding member of the Feilding Interdenominational Bible Class 1920
A lay preacher, and influenced by Rev. George Budd, decided to study for ministry.
Home Missionary Rewa Wanganui Presbytery  1927
Auckland University College 1928
Sawyers Bay Dunedin Presbytery  1931-1933 (including part of period while in Hall)
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1932-1934
Licensed by Auckland Presbytery 24 October 1934
Ordained Knox Parnell Auckland Presbytery 22 November 1934 - resigned 18 February 1940
Chaplain 2nd NZEF during World War Two; Senior Chaplain 1944 (wife in Red Cross, in Egypt)
Awarded the Military Cross “A well deserved tribute to courage and devotion to duty”.
Seatoun Wellington Presbytery   26 April 1946
Mornington Dunedin DnP  29 November 1951  retired 31 March 1966
In retirement he supplied some months at St Anselms Karori and Trentham; then part-time
Assistant Minister Knox Church Lower Hutt for 5 years.
Died  10 January 1974 at home in Lower Hutt
A memorial booklet Bene Amatus was published privately after his death by his wife.

SPENCE, Jane Annie (known as Sr Alison)  
b 15.7.1879 at (Saddle Hill ?), Dunedin.
Grew up at Saddle Hill and attended East Taieri School. In 1895, at age 16, she moved
to Leedstown. During her time here time she was influenced by the evangelical fervour
of her local Minister the Rev David Gordon and by the work of the local Presbyterian
Womens Missionary Union. She later moved to Wanganui where she gained
employment.
Presbyterian Women’s Training Institute Dunedin 1905-06
Received by the PCNZ General Assembly as a Deaconess Nov 1906
Ordained as a Deaconess in Turakina Church on 15.12.1906 to assist Rev H.J. Fletcher
at Taupo where she started on 30.1.1907
She was the first member of the Deaconess Order to be appointed as a Missionary to
the Maori. She herself chose to be known as Sr Alison.
Taupo 30.1.1907 – to assist the Rev HJ Fletcher. Initially much of her time was spent
learning Maori language and customs, and in Biblical studies.
Oranui  Aug 1907      
Tiroa, Taumarunui Oct 1908  -. Sr Alison worked long hours, and visited such places
Waimahi, Porootaroa and Mangapehi. Her Mother lived with her from Dec 1907 (died
at Taumarunui 4.7.1914).
She resigned early in 1910 officially for health reasons and applied on 28.2.1910 for the
sole teaching position at the new Waimana Native School. She was accepted despite
her lack of training. She lived at Taumarunui and travelled from there out of consideration
to her frail Mother.
Resigned her position on 5 March 1912 although she continued working until June.
Re-appointed to Maori Mission staff in 1912.
Taumarunui 1912 – to support the Rev JE Ward.
Sr Alison’s work again took up long hours; preaching, taking Sunday School lessons,
leading home Bible study lessons, supplemented by nursing, midwifery, and teaching
domestic skills along with the occasional trip away on Church business.
In Nov 1921, she attended the first Conference of Women in the employment of the
Church which was held in Dunedin. Undertook some relieving Teacher work at Ngapuke
and PungaPunga Schools.
Retired 30.8.1939; but at the Mission Committees request she continued with her work
with children at Taumarunui, and in the Child Welfare Dept and Social Service work.
Continued conducting Sunday School, visiting homes, giving instruction in cooking,
sewing, and infant care; continued part-time until 1946.
Moved to Taupo in 1947.
Suffereing ill-health and no longer able to adequately look after herself, she was admitted
to the Elizabeth Memorial Home in Wellington on 22 Oct 1959 then 3 months later to
Porirua Hospital, becoming known to the staff as “Granny”.
“She developed a fitness that stayed with her into old age, maintained by bush walking
and mountain climbing. But she always had her gray and black uniform on. It was all she
ever wore in public, and it was all she had when she arrived at hospital at 80”.
Died 8.8.1965 at Porirua Hospital.

SPENCE, Rev Jacob  Urwin
b 15 November 1844
w (1) Mary Spence b(?) m(?) d November 1902, aged 55 years, interred 29 November 1902 at Clinton Cemetery
w (2) Emily b 19 March 1868 m 24 December 1903 d 10 November 1935
Educated at Galsgow University and Free Church College Glasgow.
Came as Student Missionary, 1877 (Probationer) 
Licensed by Hawkes Bay Presbytery
Supplied at Napier during Rev Sidey's absence, 1877
Ordained Waipawa Student Preacher, Hawkes Bay Presbytery October 1878
Granted full status as Minister, 17 March 1880
Clinton, Clutha Presbytery, 10 November 1880
Chalmers Church, Dunedin Presbytery, 1 August 1900
Picton, Nelson Marlborough Presbytery,  July 1903
Waihola, Clutha Presbytery, 1907 - retired 30 September 1912
After retirement became official visitor to Dunedin Hospitals under the PSSA.
Moderator of the Presbyerian Synod of Otago & Southland 1900, and signed agreement for Union 1901.
Died 13 December 1924

SPENCE, Miss Lorna Margaret
b 14.7.1902
Deac Otago PSSA fr 13.10.1941
Deac Chch PSSA
Served in various capacities fr 13.10.1941 till 1.7.1952
(except 1944-6)  ret  31.3.1968
Died  6.2.1992

SPENCE, Rev Russell Birrell                   M.A.
b 13.3.1903; w Janet Howison b 11.10.1912 m 13.6.1936
Hall 1932-3 & 1935; allowed to return to Univ for 1934.
Ord Matawhero Gisborne  19.11.1935
Dannevirke HBP 29.8.1940
Chapl 2NZEF 1941-5
He was on leave fr parish while Chapl, & returned to Dannevirke late 1945; 
pastoral tie dissolved 28.7.1948 & res fr min.

SPENCE, Rev William
b 25.9.1868 at Bimbister, Parish of Harray, Orkney, Scotland 25.9.1868
w. Elizabeth Emily Beatrice McClure  b. 10.10.1878 at Sefton NZ  m. (?) 
d. 7.11.1958 at Gosford, NSW, Australia.
From 5 years of age attended the local Free Church School. Thereafter attended the new
Education Dept. School. Left school after his 11th year to go into service.
Obtained a position for 6 months in 1879 as boy to do odd jobs at the Established (Church of
Scotland) Church manse. Thereafter took work as a farm and harvest hand in the area at a wage
of £6 per annum, later rising to £8 per annum. Latterly worked on his Grandfather’s farm until
the latter’s death in 1886 whereupon he worked it for another year so that the estate could be
wound up to greater advantage.
Entered the communicant membership of the local Free Church in 1885.
At age 18, decided to go to New Zealand as an assisted immigrant, being nominated by his Aunt
(who was already in New Zealand) and who also paid his passage money of £10 Unfortunately,
the sudden death of his Father in June 1887 in his 45th year delayed his departure for a few months.
Left Orkney 20th Dec 1887, and embarked from Plymouth on the ‘RMS Ionic’ for New Zealand
via Cape Town on the 31st December 1887, arriving some 7 weeks later at Auckland.
Worked variously as a farmhand and in commercial work at various locations.
While at Waimate, taught Sunday School along with acting as Bible Class Secretary, and later took
charge of the small Sunday School at Waituna. 
Went to University in Dunedin to sit for his matriculation under the oversight of the Theological
Hall Committee. Took Summer preaching work, initially at the Home Mission station of
Foxton-Shannon, but also undertook work at Woodville for some time which was a sanctioned
charge. His return to University delayed for financial reasons.
Otago University from April 1896.
HM  Reefton Student Preacher WsP  late 1896 to April 1898 (stayed on longer due to financial considerations)
Otago University from April 1898 to complete his Arts Course.
Theological Hall Dunedin 1899 and 1901
Ormond HBP Student Supply late 1899 to Feb 1901 Took Hall course extra-murally for one year.
Returned to Theological Hall for final year 1901.
Licensed by the Presbytery of Christchurch Aug 1901, followed by 10 weeks of probation.
Ord Cust ChP  30.10.1902
Lincoln ChP 10.10.1905
West Taieri DnP 5.8.1909 - resigned Sept 1915 & went to Australia –
Moree Ind 26.7.1917 [or 2.5.1916?]   –  resigned 1921
Resigned from service of NZ Church 31.3.1917 & withdrew.
St Andrew’s Singleton Victoria Ind. 6.12.1921 - retired 31st Oct 1927
Retired to Northwood
Died in Australia (post 1939)