Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
Author: Shoghi Effendi
Source: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Suva, Fiji Islands, 1982 edition
Pages: 104
Pages 66-67   

(59) March 1st, 1951

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand.
Dear Bahá’í Friends:
…I would like to add that the Guardian does not consider that it is advisable for New Zealand to be separated in the near future from Australia, and come under the jurisdiction 67 of an independent National Assembly. He considers that the present arrangement is the best one until such time as there are more assemblies flourishing in New Zealand, and he would consider the basis for a National Assembly strong enough there to support such an institution….
(Extract, ibid., p. 91)
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