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Kōrero: Diverse Christian churches

Baptist Sunday-school procession

A wave of banners, bonnets and best suits flows up Brooklyn hill, above Wellington, in a Baptist Sunday-school procession in the early 20th century. Many parents in this period regarded Sunday school, which combined religious education with social activities, as an essential part of childhood.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)

Reference: 1/1-023002-G

by Sydney Charles Smith

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Diverse Christian churches – Baptists and Congregationalists, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/31095/baptist-sunday-school-procession (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 21 April 2011.