f the pre-requisites for the
formation of the National Assembly of New Zealand; he hopes that the
impetus this has given to the work of the Faith there, combined with the
devotion of the Baha'is will speed the formation of local Assemblies,
which alone constitute the necessary firm foundation for the National
Body, a Body which will be one of the direct pillars supporting the
International House of Justice. He urges, therefore, your Assembly to give
all the teaching help it can to New Zealand; and to encourage the
believers there to do their utmost to achieve their goals.

The wonderful spirit the pioneers from Australia and New Zealand have
shown is a source of pride to the Guardian. Aleady they have garnered many
rich prizes for the Faith in the form of such romantic, remote and
inaccessible isles as Tonga, the Solomons and the Society Islands. Their
determination, devotion and courage are exemplary in every way; and he
hopes they will persevere, and not abandon their posts.

It must be made quite clear to the Baha'is that opening a new territory or
a new town for that matter, meritorious as it is, is nevertheless only the
first move. The consolidation of the Baha'i work undertaken there is the
most important thing of all. Victories are won usually through a great
deal of patience, planning and perseverance, and rarely accomplished at a
single stroke.

He was very glad to see that your Assembly had promptly gone to the aid of
Mr. Blum. Without the support you gave him so generously and quickly, he
might well have been forced to abandon this important post, which would
have indeed been a great defeat to our work.

He was very happy to receive the Samoan and Tongan pamphlets. However
restricted in size, such pamphlets as these are a great asset to the
literature of the Faith, and enable the teaching work to progress more
rapidly. He hopes that the pioneers will bear this in mind; and if they
find any languages that would be of real use to their teaching work, and
can get a small pamphlet translated into them, they will endeavour to do
so.

As he already cabled you, of the extra 3,000 Dollars which you had left
over in the Haziratu'l-Quds Fund for New Zealand, he wishes you to keep
half for the teaching activities carried out under your jurisdiction, and
forward the other half to England for the work there, as they are in need
of assistance in carrying forward the many important tasks allotted to the
British Nationa