-- June 2024 is National Volunteer Month --

Check out our June display of books on voluntary organisations

1. JUNE
is
National Volunteer Month

Could you find your volunteering forebears
within the treasures in our library which
record members and histories of the many,
many organisations which would have
neither existed nor survived without the
willing hands, hearts and minds of
volunteers across the years.

2. JAYCEE
Developers of people – Builders of communities

Graham & Susan Butterworth
Ngaio Press 2007

In its heyday from the 1940s to the 1980s, New Zealand
Jaycee was one of the liveliest service organisations in
the country.
The organisation’s impressive contribution to the social
infrastructure of New Zealand after World War 2 is well
known. Every community had amenities built or aided
by the Jaycees. Its role in training leaders in politics, local
governments and business is less well known but many
an MP and Mayor learned public speaking and meeting
procedure in a Jaycee chapter. Jaycee was also an
international brotherhood in which New Zealand took a
strong lead in the Asia-Pacific region. As the New
Zealand movement celebrated its 75
th
anniversary it
faced reinventing itself in the new societal and economic
forces which had affected the whole voluntary sector
throughout the western world. This book makes an
important contribution to New Zealand history and the
international study of service organisations. Jaycee is a
candid study of the forces that first encouraged and
then weakened the voluntary sector. At the beginning
of the 21
st
century New Zealand needs to know how to
revive the vibrant community engagement that was one
of our greatest assets.

3. All Formed Up
A History of Wellington
Returned & Services Association 1916-2007
Peter Cooke

Excerpt from inside dust cover.
“The Returned Services Associatio (RSA) has been a
significant part of Wellington’s social, and at times
political, structure since 1916. It was founded in April of
that year by people who saw a need for welfare,
rehabilitation, job-finding and meeting-place services for
physically and psychologically wounded soldiers who
were beginning to return from overseas service in World
War 1. This is the story of Wellington RSA’s development,
heydays, then relative decline, over the next 91 years”.

4. The
Geneva Connection
Meryl Lowrie
History of the Red Cross
in New Zealand
1981
Wanganui Fire
Brigade
1866-1966
A Century of Service
Dave Strachan
History of Wanganui
Fire Brigade
Contains some named
photographs.
Deeds Not Words

The Story of the
New Zealand Coastguard

Captain Barry Thompson
1995
The Will to Serve
The story of the
Wellington Volunteer
Fire Police Corps
75
th
Jubilee 1899-1974
Published by
Wellington Volunteer Fire Police

5. St John in New Zealand 1885-1985
Edited by Dr Rex Wright-St Clair
An updating of
The Order of St John in New Zealand 1977 published by
The Order of St John The Priory in New Zealand
First To Care
125 years of the Order of St John in New Zealand
1885-2010
Graeme Hunt
This is the most comprehensive history written of the
order in New Zealand. It unearths new information about
the founding of the St John Ambulance Assn in 1885, the
creation of its twin arm, the St Joh Ambulance Brigade
in1892, and the development of what is now one of the
country’s leading not-for-profit organisations. Richly
illustrated with over 250 photos and illustrations, this is a
readable social history that touches on many aspects of
national life.

6. Agency of Hope
The Story of the Auckland City Mission 1920-2020
Peter Linehan
“This lively history by well-known historian Peter Linehan
features over 100 photographs and takes readers inside
a remarkable organisation working at the front lines of a
society in which poverty has become entrenched. For 100
years the Auckland City Mission has been the lynchpin of
the city’s compassion towards and support for the poor,
the marginalised and the homeless. Perhaps the best
known of the city’s charitable organisations many
thousands of Aucklanders have been involved with the
work of the Mission. Its story, marked at times by
struggle, is colourful and peopled by memorable
characters.” Google Books.
For Those in Peril on the Sea
1902-2002
Ian Church
Marking 100 years since the establishment of the
Shipwreck Relief Society of New Zealand in 1902.

7. Service Simply Given 1925-1975
Women’s Division of Federated Farmers
Golden Jubilee
And Then We Were Forty
Kapiti Branch New Zealand Society of Genealogists
Compiled by Clive Palmer

8. 100 Years of Resolutions
The National Council of Women Inc
Te Kaunihere Wahine o Aotearoa
1896-1996
Matamata Branch NZSG
1978-2003
Marlene O’Neill, Ainna Tidmarsh

This book contains much of the
history of the Branch split up by
decade. It includes the names of
the committee members and some
named photographs.

An Association with Soccer
NZFA celebrates its first 100 years
Tony Hilton
Published by
New Zealand Football Association

9. A Challenge With Purpose

A History of the first 50 years of the
Amputees Federation of New Zealand Inc
Lorraine Peacock
The author became a hip disarticulation amputee
in 1963 at the age of 19, following the gradual
deterioration of a leg deformed as the result of a
medical misadventure at the age of nine. Her
involvement began in 1968 and her involvement
continued, being made a Life Member in 1995. An
interesting history from the formation of the
federation, and includes information about
members, the artificial limb centre and much
more.
Published by Amputees Federation of New Zealand

10. Zealandia’s Brave
The Royal Humane Societies in New Zealand
1850 to 1998
John Wills & Denis Hampton

Includes lists of award recipients with biographical notes.





Ambitious Fun
The Journey of Girl Guiding in New Zealand
Carol Dawber
Published by Girl Guide Association NZ Otago Province

11. The History of NZSG Kilbirnie Branch
The First 20 Years
Rodney King
Formed in 2002 by a group of like -minded
genealogists, and became a Branch of the New
Zealand Society of Genealogists. This is their story.





NZSG Hamilton Branch
50
th
Celebrations 8
th
October 2022

The history of the Hamilton Branch and their 50
th

anniversary celebrations. There are named
photographs of the attendees along with anecdotes
supplied by members.

12. League of Mothers National Magazine
1926 -1976
Golden Jubilee issue September 1976
**We also hold
The History of the League of Mothers
1957-1972
by Marjorie Spencer
And So We Grew
The Women’s Division of Federated Farmers 1925-1950

Published by W.D.F.F. Wellington 1950