Date25/10/1978DescriptionThe inauguration of Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa, 25 October, 1978, in the SP0rtsdrome, Rotorua. At the left, with backs to the camera: Professor Whatarangi Winiata, ?, Archdeacon Taki Marsden. To the right of the lectern are Riki Alison and Archdeacon Kingi Ihaka. In the centre front are Archdeacon Whakahuihui Vercoe and Bishop Manu Bennett. Behind them are Chief Judge E T J Durie, the Rev'd John Paterson (Secretary of the Bishopric of Aotearoa) and Canon G H D Connor.
The inauguration of Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa, 25 October 1978 (25/10/1978). John Kinder Theological Library, accessed 22/04/2026, https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/13162
