Marist Archives

Access

Br Gerard Hogg and Mr Ken Scadden

Access is granted only to bona fide researchers and is subject to their agreement to the terms and conditions laid out in the Marist Archives Access Agreement.

Prior notification of a research visit is advised and parking is available.

Charges
There are no fixed charges for access to the Archives. Copies of documents and photographs will be supplied at cost to bona fide researchers. Other charges may apply to researchers from commercial organisations using Archives resources. Donations to help offset costs of running and maintaining the Archives are encouraged.

Archives Holdings
The Archives holds a wide range of archival media including books, files, photographs, maps plans and architectural drawings, sound recordings ( including reel to reel tapes and oral history tapes) , glass lantern slides, videos, and personal papers of members of the Order as well as a large number of objects.

The archives held relate to the history of the Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand and the Society of Mary in New Zealand and Oceania.

Each of the six Catholic diocese in New Zealand (namely Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin ) hold their own Archives.

Significant Collections
Archives of the Society of Mary (Roman Catholic Fathers and Brothers) of the Province of New Zealand and some from Oceania.

Material from local churches , parishes, seminaries and secondary schools.

Maori Missions and Missions in Oceania from the arrival of J.B.F. Pompallier and the first missionaries in 1838.

The archives of St Mary’ Scholasticate (Meeanee and Greenmeadows) Mission Station and Vineyards, Napier and Good Shepherd College (Auckland)

A small quantity of literary papers from Pat Lawlor, Eileen Duggan, Fr. Frank Mackay and the Catholic Writers Movement (1940 – c.1949)