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No 115 : January 30, 1964

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Presbyterian Conference

Six hundred delegates from throughout the Dominion converged on Gisborne during the Christmas-New Year period for the 1963-64 Presbyterian Summer Conference.

Held in the Y.M.C.A. stadium, the conference ran for a week, and had as its theme, "Behold a New Thing".

The visitors were accommodated in the Boys' and Girls' High Schools, and had their meals at the Intermediate School.

During their stay, they toured the district extensively, and were given a demonstration of hangi cooking at Poho-o-rawiri meeting house.

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Gisborne Presbyterians Brian Crawshaw and Russell Yates were kept busy manning the information centre.

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Moderator of Gisborne Presbytery and chairman of conference committee, the Rev Phil Spencer.

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Speaking at the conference was the Rev Wyn Davis, of Wyndham, the 1946 Welsh Rugby star.

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Some of the delegates examine the table map on Kaiti Hill.

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Watching the hangi being uncovered at Poho-o-rawiri.
(Pictures by the Publicity Department, Presbyterian Church of N.Z. Christchurch).

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