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Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
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Pages 68-69
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(61) July 24, 1955
Secretary, National Spiritual Assembly of the
Bahá'ís of Australia and New Zealand
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Dear Bahá'í Brother:
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...The news of the purchase of the Hazíratu'l-Quds
in Auckland was most welcome. The acquisition of this
building is really one of the pre-requisites for the formation of
the National Assembly of New Zealand; he hopes that the
impetus this has given to the work of the Faith there, combined
with the devotion of the Bahá'ís will speed the formation
of local Assemblies, which alone constitute the necessary
firm foundation for the National Body, a Body which
will be one of the direct pillars supporting the International
House of Justice. He urges, therefore, your Assembly to give
all the teaching help it can to New Zealand; and to encourage
the believers there to do their utmost to achieve their
goals....
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[From the Guardian:]
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Dear and valued co-workers:
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...The purchase of the Hazíratu'l-Quds in Auckland,
as the future headquarters of the New Zealand National
Spiritual Assembly, is another accomplishment that merits
the highest praise....
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...The establishment of Bahá'í endowments in the
Dominion of New Zealand is yet another responsibility devolving
upon their elected national representatives, a responsibility
which should be discharged prior to the emergence
of an independent national assembly in that distant and
promising island.
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Whilst these immediate goals are being steadily and resolutely
pursued, attention should, likewise, be particularly
directed to the vital need for the constant multiplication of
isolated centres, groups and local assemblies, as well as to
the necessity of increasing, to an unprecedented degree, the
number of the avowed adherents of the Faith who can directly
and effectively contribute to the broadening of its foundations
and the expansion of its nascent institutions. Particularly in
the Dominion of New Zealand, where a pillar of the future
Universal House of Justice will soon be erected, must a fresh
impetus be lent to this vital process which can alone reinforce
the foundations on which this projected institution must ultimately
rest....
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(Extract, ibid., pp. 123, 125, 126, 127)
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