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