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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...
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...
Geoffrey Hinds
1977-1979 / Bible College Diploma and Bachelor of Divinity (through Melbourne College of Divinity) / (Henderson Campus) I remember the...
Gillian Bird (née Angell)
1986 – 1988 Diploma in Missions (Henderson Campus) I am currently working in Cambodia – the Kingdom of Wonder with Wycliffe Bible...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Graham Maylam
2018-2020 / Graduate Diploma in Theology (Distance Learning) Coming back to formal education after so many years away was such an eye...
Gray Baldwin
Diploma of Christian Studies (Manawatu Regional Learning Centre) 2014-2015 / Graduate Diploma in Theology (Distance Learning) During my...
Hannah Stewart
2006-2008 / Bachelor of Ministries (Henderson campus) 2011-2014 / Master of Theology (Henderson Campus) THE STUDY I arrived at College...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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