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Elizabeth Bruce
1977-1978 / BCNZ Diploma (Henderson Campus) My husband Jim and I came to BCNZ as a married couple, having met in Papua New Guinea whilst...
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Rev. Dr Geoff New
1993-1995 / Bachelor of Ministries (Henderson Campus) My three years of study at BCNZ was incredibly formative and being under the...
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Geoffrey Hinds
1977-1979 / Bible College Diploma and Bachelor of Divinity (through Melbourne College of Divinity) / (Henderson Campus) I remember the...
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Gillian Bird (née Angell)
1986 – 1988 Diploma in Missions (Henderson Campus) I am currently working in Cambodia – the Kingdom of Wonder with Wycliffe Bible...
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Rev. Gillian Orpin (née Eland-Stewart)
1957-1958 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Born and raised in England, 22-year-old Gillian Eland-Stewart sailed to New Zealand in...
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Graham Roy Orpin
1957-1958 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Roy had been working on a dairy farm in Morrinsville for four years, and another year on...
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Glenys Hipgrave (née Dixon)
1977-1978 / BCNZ Diploma (Henderson Campus) My student days were crazy busy – I seemed to be running all the time, with before-meal or...
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Gordon & Helen Stanley (née Jackson)
1964-1965 / NZBTI Diploma I (Gordon) was appointed as Head Prefect in 1965, while the youngest man on campus. During the year the title...
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Graham Maylam
2018-2020 / Graduate Diploma in Theology (Distance Learning) Coming back to formal education after so many years away was such an eye...
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Gray Baldwin
Diploma of Christian Studies (Manawatu Regional Learning Centre) 2014-2015 / Graduate Diploma in Theology (Distance Learning) During my...
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Hannah Stewart
2006-2008 / Bachelor of Ministries (Henderson campus) 2011-2014 / Master of Theology (Henderson Campus) THE STUDY I arrived at College...
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Helena Stretton
1966-1967 / NZBTI Diploma (Henderson campus) 1972-2006 Dean of Women, Lecturer (Henderson campus) Why cross the Tasman to come to a Bible...
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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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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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Hessell Troughton
1930-1931, NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street campus) Hessell William Forster Troughton was born in Thames in 1907 and grew up on dairy farms in...
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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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Ivan Brooker
1974-1976 / Diploma in Missions I arrived at College on 6 February 1974 at age 26 from Hamilton. This was my first extended time away...
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Jack Nicholson and Vera Nicholson (née Civil)
Jack Nicholson 1923-1924 / NZBTI Diploma Vera Nicholson (née Civil) 1924-1925 / NZBTI Diploma Jack was born into a farming family in...
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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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