Much has been written about the origins of Freemasonry in New Zealand, but in reading through the many books and papers I have found that they were mostly written from the view of the respective author’s constitutional affiliation.
We have the English, the Irish and, to a lesser extent, the Scottish versions that do not give an overall history of from whence New Zealand gained its infant Masonic nurture.
Certainly all three constitutions played a vital part in the establishment of Freemasonry in this new British colony leading up to the formation of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand in 1890.
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2008 - THE AUSTRALIAN CONNECTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEMASONRY IN NEW ZEALAND - Colin Heyward.
