1950s

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1950s

Allan Knight

1957-1958 / NZBTI Diploma (Henderson Campus) 1980 - 1987 / Registrar, BCNZ 1998 - 2020 / BCNZ/Laidlaw College Foundation In preparing...

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Barry Doig

1958-1959 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) The two years I had at NZBTI were some of the most formative years of my life. I...

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Bennett (Ben) Dickson

1950-1951 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) The second in a family of nine sons, Ben left school at age 12 to work for his father on...

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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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1950s

Hendrika Hermina (Minka) Hanskamp

1957 / NZBTI Certificate in Lieu of Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Born in Holland in 1922, Minka was a year old when she moved with her...

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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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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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1950s

Maurice Harvey

1958-1959 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) 1989 / Diploma of Biblical Studies (Dunedin Branch College) I entered BTI as a young...

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Patricia (Pat) Holdaway

1950-1951 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Pat entered the NZ Bible Training Institute at age 24 in 1950, having trained in general...

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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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1950s

Te Wahangu (Wally) Hayward

1957-1958 / NZBTI Certificate (Queen Street Campus) “There is a longing in my heart which compels me to go and give others that assurance...

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1950s

Wilfred Shore

1951-1952 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street campus) I enjoyed the friendships I made and carried on through life. As a “prefect” I found that...

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