1940s

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1920s

Annie Jane Grantham (“Gran”)

1922-1946 / NZBTI Housekeeper, Matron (Hopetoun Street, Queen Street) One of the unheralded people in this College’s history is a woman...

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1940s

Cyril Edwin Taylor

1940-1941 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Cyril had worked for three years as a shop assistant in the clothing trade in...

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1960s

Professor Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, OBE

Lecturer in NT Greek, 1927-1975 Board Member (1939-1964), Board Chair and President (1965-1975) As a trainee teacher in 1921 Ted...

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1920s

Henry Yolland

1927-1960 Lecturer and Dean of NZ Bible Training Institute (Queen Street Campus) Born in August 1883, Henry Yolland was brought up in...

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1940s

Hilda Griffin (née Allen)

1939 – 1940 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Hilda was the 8th of 10 children, and one of the few among her peers who attended high...

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1960s

Jean Annie Jaggers

1949 – 1971 NZBTI Matron (Queen Street Campus, Henderson Campus) “How rich am I to have shared the lives of 1,250 dedicated young people...

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1940s

Rev. John Henry Deane

1946-1959 / Principal, NZ Bible Training Institute (Queen Street Campus) The squeak of a caliper signalled the approach of Principal John...

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1940s

Joy Crombie

1948-1949 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Joy was born in Auckland and grew up on the third floor of the Auckland Ferry Building...

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Mary Milner

1946-1947 / Queen Street Campus As a young teenager Mary clearly knew God’s call to overseas mission. After finishing high school she...

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1940s

May Mackey (née Garnett)

1946-1948 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street campus) Hughina May Garnett committed her life to Christ as a 16 year old after reading The...

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1940s

Owen Henton

1947-1948 / NZBTI (Queen Street Campus) 1959-1973 / Orchardist and Property Manager (Henderson Campus) Owen left school at age 12 as he...

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1920s

Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw, CBE

1922 – 1942 / Board member, NZ Bible Training Institute 1943 – 1965 / President, NZ Bible Training Institute Robert Laidlaw joined Rev....

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