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Arnold Nordmeyer painting a Presbyterian manse

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Arnold Nordmeyer painting a Presbyterian manse

In the 25 years after the Second World War politicians continued to have a warm relationship with the churches. Arnold Nordmeyer, shown helping to paint the Presbyterian manse in Lyall Bay, Wellington, in 1977, had been minister of finance in the Labour government of 1957–60. Before entering politics he had been a Presbyterian minister in Kurow, North Otago, for 10 years.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1977/2019/32-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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John Stenhouse, Religion and society – Religious cooperation and nation-building, 1920–1970, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28420/arnold-nordmeyer-painting-a-presbyterian-manse (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Stenhouse, i tāngia i te 23 March 2011.