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Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
Pages 69-70
 

(62) June 13th, 1956
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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...As regards the question the Auckland Assembly has asked about vivisection, there is nothing on this subject in the Bahá'í teachings. At a future date such matters will no doubt be taken up by the International House of Justice....

 
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He is delighted to hear that the New Zealand friends are so eagerly carrying on their work in preparation for their National Assembly next year. Their coming of age, so to speak, will be a source of pride to all their fellow National Assemblies, and they will form a welcome addition to the pillars which must ultimately sustain the International House of Justice....

 
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[From the Guardian:]

 
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Dear and valued co-workers:

 
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...Particular attention should be devoted to the urgent needs of the New Zealand Bahá'í community, through the formulation of a plan which will enable it to swell the number of its administrative institutions, enlarging and reinforcing thereby the foundations on which its forthcoming National Assembly must ultimately rest....

 
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(Extract, ibid., pp. 130, 131, 133)