sed a Temple
site, and later, a large piece of land for their endowment. With the
Guardian's permission, they exchanged the two as the Endowment's position
was better for the Temple. So you see, it need not be too rigid. The point
is to get a Temple site as soon as possible. He feels it should be in the
outskirts of Auckland, within easy motoring distance, so that the friends
can attend services there. Naturally the closer to the city, the better.

As you formulate your plans and carry them out for the work entrusted to
you during the next six years, he wishes you to particularly bear in mind
the need of teaching the Maoris. These original discoverers of New Zealand
are of a very fine race, and they are a people long admired for their
noble qualities; and special effort should be made, not only to contact
the Maoris in the cities and draw them into the Faith, but to go to their
towns and live amongst them and establish Assemblies in which at least the
majority of the believers will be Maoris, if not all. This would be indeed
a worthy achievement.

The beloved Guardian assures you all of his prayers for the success of the
historic work you are now undertaking, and he feels sure you will achieve
your goals.

With warmest Baha'i greetings,
Ruhiyyih

[From the Guardian:]

_Dear and valued co-workers:_

_The emergence of the New Zealand National Spiritual Assembly, as a result
of the convocation of the first Baha'i historic Convention held in that
far-away and promising Dominion, will be hailed by posterity as an event
of the greatest significance, marking the erection of another pillar
designed to support, in the South Pacific area, the future Universal House
of Justice. My heart overflows with happiness and is filled with gratitude
as I contemplate the splendid progress achieved, in recent years, in that
far-off island, and note the loyalty and devotion with which the members
of this valiant community, now standing on the threshold of unprecedented
achievements, have discharged their manifold and sacred responsibilities._

_The six brief years that now lie ahead must witness a swift expansion in
the scope of Baha'i activities throughout the length and breadth of that
Dominion, as well as a steady consolidation of the foundations of the
institutions that have been so painstakingly laid. The Six-Year Plan upon
which the New Zealand believers have now so auspiciously embarked must be
diligently prosecuted and brought