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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Woman Has a Right to Vote Now and to Drum

20 Sep, 2023

Woman Has a Right to Vote Now and to Drum From the beginning of The Salvation Army, its founders, Catherine and William Booth established equal...

The First War Cry - 16 June 1883

15 Jun, 2023

“Only ten weeks have passed since we landed here, and oh! how blessed the result of our few weeks’ work!” These opening remarks reveal the...

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...

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