The New Zealand Section of the Theosophical Society

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History

Originally part of Australasia Section (founded in 1894), the New Zealand Lodges then comprised: Auckland chartered in 1892 , Christchurch chartered in 1894, Wellington chartered 1888 and Dunedin chartered 1893. The Australasia section was split into the Australian and New Zealand Sections. The N.Z. Section received its Charter on April 7th 1896 and the HQ of the New Zealand Section was established at 317 Queen Street, Auckland. The offices of President and Vice- President were formally known as General Secretary and Assistant General Secretary and the successive holders of the office of General Secretary/President are shown in the table below:

Gen Sec/President	(Years inclusive)	yrs in office
Miss Lilian Edger	1896	1
Dr C.W.Sanders	1897 – 1918	22
Mr J.R.Thompsom	1919 – 1925	7
Mr W.Crawford	1926 – 1938	13
Miss Emma Hunt	1939 – 1953	15
Brian Dunningham	1954 – 1956	3
Sandra Chase	1957	1
Clarice Gregory	1958 – 1961	4
Stewart Nicholls	1962 – 1963	2
Bertha Darroch	1964 – 1965	2
Brian Dunningham	1966 – 1975	10
Neil Edgar	1976 – 1978	3
Mavis Hardy	1979 – 1983	5
Conrad Jamieson	1984	1
Jack Patterson	1985 – 1987	3
Bill Johnstone	1988 – 1992	5
Hugh Dixon	1993 – 1995	3
Gavin Laurie	1996 – 1999	4
Arthur Goodall	2000 – 2001	1 1/2
Alan Morse	2001	1/2
John Vorstermans	2002 – 2007	6
Warwick Keys	2008 –

The Constitution was changed in 2003 to provide for 3 year terms for President and vice-President, with a maximum for the President of two consecutive terms. Warwick Keys has been elected for a first term.

Organisation

ByLaws
Constitution (for reference)
Constitution (booklet format for printout)

Nomination forms for:
National President
National Vice President

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