Heritage Centre & Archives

Welcome to the Heritage Centre & Archives

The extraordinary story of The Salvation Army in New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa is powerfully represented in the Heritage Centre & Archives. Artifacts, photographs, files, publications - histories that are far more than stories. They are the testimonies to the incredible sacrifice, commitment, fortitude, creativity and faithfulness of Salvation Army Officers and Soldiers.

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Letters between two lovers

13 Feb, 2023

Colonel Samuel Brengle was described as “One of the most … saintliest characters in Salvation Army history … who shocked his friends and...

Founders' Day and Flannel Graphs

30 Jun, 2022

William Booth, founder and first general of The Salvation Army was born in Nottingham, England on 10 April 1829. As a young boy his father...

Photograph Collections

02 May, 2022

Click on the images below to access photographic collections recently added to the Heritage Centre & Archives Flickr account.

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