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Auckland Ladies' New Hebrides Missionary Association (1891-1902)
The Dunedin Ladies' Association for Assisting Zenana Missions in India (1892-1893)
The Women's Missionary Society of New Zealand (1892 - 1897)
The Women's Missionary Society of New Zealand - Zenana Mission Committee (c.1893-1897)
Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union (Otago/Southland Branch) (1896-1901)
The Ladies' Mission Aid Association (1891-1897)
The Missionary Settlement for University Women (1900)

The association was formed in June 1891 to support Missionaries and the Mission cause in the New Hebrides.
It amalgamated with the Auckland Branch of the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union in September 1902.

Published Material Includes : Reports of meetings; annual meeting reports; mission boxes and hardware.

This Association (also known as "The Dunedin Ladies' Association for Assisting Zenana Missions in India"), which was open to all denominations, was formed in Dunedin in May 1892 to support Missionaries working in India in conjunction with the Church of Scotland Zenana Mission in India. It merged with "The Women's Missionary Society of New Zealand" in 1893 (but remained as a Branch within the Society).

Published Material Includes : Formation of the Association (1892); visit of Mrs Longhurst of the Scottish Zenana Mission, Madras (1892); appointment of Miss Helen MacGregor to Madras under the Church of Scotland Mission (1892).

The Society was formed in Dunedin on the 25th August 1892 to support Protestant Missionaries working in foreign lands. From 1893, the Society became known as "The Women's Missionary Association of New Zealand". Branch associations were apparently active along with subscribers. Support appears to have been mainly directed to the Church of Scotland Madras Mission in India.
The Association joined with "The Ladies Mission Aid Association" in 1897 to form the Otago/Southland Branch of "The Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union" (PWMU) in 1897.

Published Material Includes : Inaugural meeting and Constitution (1892); correspondence from Mrs Longhurst and Miss H MacGregor (Madras); reports of meetings, support for Zenana Mission work in India .

The Zenana Mission Committee (originally formed as "The Ladies' Zenana Mission Association") was re-formed in 1893 as a branch of "The Women's Missionary Society of New Zealand". It existed primarily to support women Missionaries working in India, specifically among the "Zenana" domestic apartments of Indian Women.
The committee was amalgamated into the Otago/Southland Branch of "The Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union" (PWMU) in 1897.

Published Material Includes : Reports of meetings; support of Miss H MacGregor in Madras; need for and history of Zenana Missions.

The Otago/Southland Branch of "The Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union" (PWMU) was formed from the amalgamation of "The Women's Missionary Society of New Zealand" and "The Ladies' Missions Aid Association" in 1897.
The aims of the Union were to promote and support Mission work, particularly among women and children, and to promote the Mission schemes of the Church.

Published Material Includes : Synod of Otago and Southland authority for formation of the PWMU (1896); reports of monthly meetings; farewell to Miss Helen MacGregor (1900); Annual Reports (1879 to 1901).

The Association was formed in Dunedin on the 18th November 1891 to assist the New Hebrides Missionaries in maintaining and educating their children in New Zealand.
It was amalgamated into the Otago/Southland branch of "The Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union" (PWMU) in 1897.

Published Material Includes : Copy of Minute of The Synod of Otago and Southland agreeing to the proposal the ladies of the Church to form the Committee; Objects of the Association; lack of funding (1896); Annual Reports (1892-1896).

This "Settlement" was oroginally founded in Bombay India in 1895 to encourage Missionary interest amongst women students in Universities and Colleges. The New ZEaland "Settlement" was formed in January 1900 to financially and prayerfully support existing "Settlements" in India .

Published Material Includes :

History of the "Settlement" movement and formation of the New Zealand "Settlement".