Bishop Bennett, the first Maori bishop in New Zealand, will-arrive in Dunedin iii June on Ids visit as a bishop to Otago. Prior to cbniingHo JDunedin, Bishop Bennett will spend a short time in Ghristchureh and Bishop "West-Watson, in his monthly letter in the Church News, has the following reference to the matter r— "We shall all be anxious to give the Bishop of Aotearoa a hearty welcome when he comes on his visit to this diocese on May 25. He has promised, us a fortnight, and though,his first object is to visit the Maori people, in <fehe diocese, yet the pakehas will want to see and hear and welcome him. We are planning that he should preach at'Meriyale on the mornijig ef Sunday^ May 26, arid at the cathedral in the evening and that en Monday, May 27 there shall be. a great welcome for him in one of our ■ large halls. After that he will visit as many Maori centres as posible and we shall try to arrange for visits to Timaru and Ashburton. Some day the bishop hopes to visit the Chatham Islands.-**"here a1 large*\
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Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 50, 23 May 1929, Page 6
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