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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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Donald (Don) Forrest Bullin
1952-1953 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street campus) Don entered the NZ Bible Training Institute as a 20-year-old to train for missionary...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ruth Margaret Cremer
1952-1953 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Ruth grew up in Ranui, West Auckland and committed her life to Jesus at age 16. It was...
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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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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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