Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives

Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives

Parish Archives Collection – Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Districts

A descriptive list of holdings at December 2011

For more information, please contact:

The Archivist

Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives

PO Box 931

Christchurch

New Zealand 8140

Phone 03 366 6049

Email:

Website: www.methodist.org.nz

The Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives national archive in Christchurch is the approved repository for Methodist Church parish records for Taranaki, Wanganui, Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury and West Coast Districts. The approved repository for Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato records is the Auckland Methodist Archives. The approved repository for Otago and Southland parish records is the Hocken Collection, Dunedin.

Parish records date from the establishment of the first Wesleyan, Bible Christian, Primitive Methodist, or United Free Methodist Churches in New Zealand through to the present day.

In the case of union or combined parishes, records may be held by other repositories such as the Presbyterian Archives and Anglican Archives.

These records are available to researchers within the Reading Rooms of the approved repositories, unless designated “Restricted Access”. Please contact the Archivist for more details if requesting access to records marked with this designation.

This list is arranged in alphabetical order by name of church or parish. Parish numbers are used to uniquely identify each church. Not all parish records have a catalogue number for each item; where one has been used, this is included in this descriptive list.

Baptism registers for these districts are listed separately on the Methodist Church website. Please also refer to the Fact Sheet A guide to Methodist terms used in the Parish Archives Collection.

Name / Date / Description / Quantity / Catalogue number / Parish number / Box number /
Name / Date / Description / Quantity / Catalogue number / Other numbers / Box number
Blacks Point Church / 1915-1924 / Blacks Point Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7090-1 / Box 1
Blacks Point Church / 1925-1934 / Blacks Point Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7090-1 / Box 1
Blacks Point Church / 1934-1944 / Blacks Point Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7090-1 / Box 1
Blacks Point Church / 1944-1955 / Blacks Point Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7090-1 / Box 1
Blacks Point Church / 1955-1961 / Blacks Point Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7090-1 / Box 1
Blacks Point Church / 1952-1962 / Blacks Point Church Trust accounts / 1 volume / 7090-1 / Box 1
Blacks Point Church / 1951-1962 / Blacks Point Church Trust minutes / 1 volume / 7090-1 / Box 1
Blenheim Church / 1948-1950 / Blenheim Church Women's Fellowship Group minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1951-1955 / Blenheim Church Women's Fellowship Group minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1955-1963 / Blenheim Church Women's Fellowship Group minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1954-1956 / Blenheim Church Bible Class minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1933-1937 / Blenheim Church Bible Class minutes - Boys / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 3
Blenheim Church / 1945-1954 / Blenheim Church Bible Class minutes - Young Men / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1954-1955 / Blenheim Church Bible Class minutes - Young Men / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1964-1983 / Blenheim Church cash book Methodist Women's Fellowship / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1956-1975 / Blenheim Church Choir AGM minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1975-1999 / Blenheim Church Choir AGM minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1927-1955 / Blenheim Church Choir annual reports / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1916-1980 / Blenheim Church Choir Anthems Sung / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1925-1944 / Blenheim Church Choir Anthems Sung / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1983-1988 / Blenheim Church Choir Anthems Sung / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1989-1996 / Blenheim Church Choir Anthems Sung / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1996 / Blenheim Church Choir Anthems Sung / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1973-1980 / Blenheim Church Choir correspondence / 1 file / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1964-1980 / Blenheim Church Choir financial statements / 1 file / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1885-1889 / Blenheim Church Choir membership roll / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1882-1894 / Blenheim Church Choir minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1897 / Blenheim Church Choir rules / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1922-1924 / Blenheim Church Christian Endeavour journal / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 3
Blenheim Church / 1916-1918 / Blenheim Church Christian Endeavour minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 3
Blenheim Church / 1918-1922 / Blenheim Church Christian Endeavour minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 3
Blenheim Church / 1916-1918 / Blenheim Church Christian Endeavour roll / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 3
Blenheim Church / 1921-1924 / Blenheim Church collection book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1925-1941 / Blenheim Church collection book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1941-1957 / Blenheim Church collection book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1938-1950 / Blenheim Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1951-1957 / Blenheim Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1957-1963 / Blenheim Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1934-1960 / Blenheim Church Ladies Guild roll book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1958-1962 / Blenheim Church Ladies Guild roll book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1901-1931 / Blenheim Church Ladies Sewing Circle minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1912-1916 / Blenheim Church Liedertafel minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1964 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Fellowship correspondence / 1 file / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1981-1989 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Fellowship rolls / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1928-1940 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Auxiliary roll / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1960-1963 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union correspondence / 1 file / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1908-1915 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1915-1923 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1923-1933 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1933-1944 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1945-1952 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1952-1960 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1960-1963 / Blenheim Church Methodist Women's Missionary Union minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / no date / Blenheim Church miscellaneous historical documents / 1 file / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1919-1926 / Blenheim Church Orpheus Glee Club minutes and cash book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 7
Blenheim Church / 1863-1867 / Blenheim Church Sunday School Class roll / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1877-1883 / Blenheim Church Sunday School Class roll / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1865-1978 / Blenheim Church Sunday School Teachers minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 2
Blenheim Church / 1892-1907 / Blenheim Church Sunday School Teachers minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 3
Blenheim Church / 1910-1917 / Blenheim Church Thursday Evening Young Ladies Class autograph book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 5
Blenheim Church / 1893-1917 / Blenheim Church Trust accounts book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 1
Blenheim Church / 1934-1945 / Blenheim Church Trust accounts book / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 1
Blenheim Church / 1881-1890 / Blenheim Church Trust minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 1
Blenheim Church / 1891-1912 / Blenheim Church Trust minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 1
Blenheim Church / 1912-1938 / Blenheim Church Trust minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 1
Blenheim Church / 1960-1980 / Blenheim Church Women's Fellowship Choir documents / 1 file / 7071 / Box 6
Blenheim Church / 1951-1955 / Blenheim Church Young Family Group minutes / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 3
Blenheim Church / 1950-1954 / Blenheim Church Young Family Group register / 1 volume / 7071 / Box 4
Blenheim Church / 1918 / Infant and Junior Membership roll Blenheim Church / 1 volume / R313 / 7071 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Church / 1932-1954 / Membership roll Blenheim Church / 1 volume / R312 / 7071 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1926-1967 / Circuit Schedule book: Blenheim (Wesley) Church, Tua Marina Church, Omaka Church, Rapaura Church, Springlands Church, Picton Church, Wairau Pa, Onamalutu Church, Leefield Church, The Sounds Church, Havelock Church, Grovetown Church, Waikakaho Church, Crail Bay Church, Deep Creek Church, Clova Bay Church, Manaroa Church, Hillesden Church, Mahakipawa Church / 1 volume / C148 / 7070 / 7-2-2
Blenheim Parish / 1891-1924 / Circuit Schedule book: Blenheim Church, Fairhall Church, Tua Marina Church, Spring Creek Church, Grovetown Church, Onamulutu Church, Picton Church, The Sounds Church / 1 volume / C147 / 7070 / 7-2-2
Blenheim Parish / 1914-1942 / Infant and Junior Membership roll Havelock Circuit including Havelock Church, Havelock Home Mission Station, Mahakipawa Church / 1 volume / R320 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1914-1945 / Infant and Junior Membership roll Tua Marina Church, Springlands Church, Rapaura Church, Grovetown Church, Picton Church / 1 volume / R314 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1909-1929 / Membership roll Blenheim Church, Tua Marina Church, Fairhall Church, Picton Church, Onamalutu Church, Waikakaho Church / 1 volume / R311 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1892-1908 / Membership roll Blenheim Church, Tua Marina Church, Grovetown Church, Spring Creek Church, Fairhall Class Picton Church (1908), Onamalutu Church / 1 volume / R310 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1899-1914 / Membership roll Havelock Circuit including Havelock (St Johns) Church, Grove Church, Okaramio Church, Cullensville Church, Pelorus Church, Canvastown Church, Queen Charlotte Sound Church, Mahakipawa Church / 1 volume / R318 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1914-1959 / Membership roll Havelock Circuit including Havelock Church, Canvastown Church, Mahakipawa Church, Okaramio Church, Pelorus Sound Church, Rai Valley Church, Carluke Church / 1 volume / R319 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1946-1959 / Membership roll Picton Church, Tua Marina Church, Rapaura Church / 1 volume / R316 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1913-1946 / Membership roll Tua Marina Church, Spring Creek Church, Grovetown Church, Rapaura Church / 1 volume / R315 / 7070 / 6-2-7
Blenheim Parish / 1900-1923 / Blenheim Parish Local Preachers Meeting minutes / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 2
Blenheim Parish / 1923-1940 / Blenheim Parish Local Preachers Meeting minutes / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 2
Blenheim Parish / 1940-1956 / Blenheim Parish Local Preachers Meeting minutes / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 2
Blenheim Parish / 1941-1949 / Blenheim Parish Local Youth Council minutes - Blenheim / Springlands / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 4
Blenheim Parish / 1955-1959 / Blenheim Parish Methodist Women's Missionary Auxiliary District minutes / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 4
Blenheim Parish / no date / Blenheim Parish Preaching plans / 1 file / 7070 / Box 1
Blenheim Parish / 1917-1937 / Blenheim Parish Quarterly Meeting account book / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 3
Blenheim Parish / 1898-1915 / Blenheim Parish Quarterly Meeting minutes / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 2
Blenheim Parish / 1915-1928 / Blenheim Parish Quarterly Meeting minutes / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 2
Blenheim Parish / 1928-1945 / Blenheim Parish Quarterly Meeting minutes / 1 volume / 7070 / Box 3
Brightwater Church / 1958-1991 / Brightwater Church Ladies cash book & Methodist Women's Fellowship cash book / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1945-1950 / Brightwater Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1951-1959 / Brightwater Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1958-1964 / Brightwater Church Ladies Guild minutes / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1988-1991 / Brightwater Church Methodist Women's Fellowship cash book / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1964-1970 / Brightwater Church Methodist Women's Fellowship minutes / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1970-1980 / Brightwater Church Methodist Women's Fellowship minutes / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1980-1991 / Brightwater Church Methodist Women's Fellowship minutes / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / no date / Brightwater Church miscellaneous historical documents - "Early History of Church" by N H Humphrey & photos, correspondence etc re centennial celebrations / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Brightwater Church / 1904-1925 / Brightwater Church Trust minutes / 1 volume / 7033 / Box 1
Buller Union Parish / 1974-2001 / Buller Union Parish annual reports / 1 file / 7100 / Box 4
Buller Union Parish / 1948-1962 / Buller Union Parish Buller / Westland correspondence / 1 file / 7100 / Box 3