He is delighted to hear that the New Zealand friends are so eagerly carrying on their work in preparation for their National Assembly next year. Their coming of age, so to speak, will be a source of pride to all their fellow National Assemblies, and they will form a welcome addition to the pillars which must ultimately sustain the International House of Justice.... [From the Guardian:] _Dear and valued co-workers:_ _...Particular attention should be devoted to the urgent needs of the New Zealand Bahá’í community, through the formulation of a plan which will enable it to swell the number of its administrative institutions, enlarging and reinforcing thereby the foundations on which its forthcoming National Assembly must ultimately rest...._ (Extract, ibid., pp. 130, 131, 133) (63) September 5th, 1956 Secretary, Regional Teaching Committee for New Zealand. Dear Bahá’í Brother: Your letter of August 3rd with enclosure has been received by the beloved Guardian, and he has instructed me to answer you on his behalf. He was happy to see this report of the activities of the Bahá’ís in New Zealand, and will be pleased to receive a copy of your News Letter regularly. The Guardian wishes your Committee and the believers there to know that he has high hopes for their future achievements in that far-off land, where they are now on the threshold of that historic event, the election of their own National Spiritual Assembly. He deeply values their devotion, and the eager and fervent character of their services. With warm Bahá’í greetings, R. Rabbani [From the Guardian:] _Assuring you of my loving prayers for your success and spiritual advancement,_ _Your true brother, _ _ Shoghi_ (64) April 4th, 1957 Message from the Guardian at the inception of the New Zealand National Spiritual Assembly. I share with the assembled delegates, gathered to elect, on this historic occasion, the second National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Antipodes, the feelings of profound satisfaction and gratitude to Bahá’u’lláh evoked by this epoch-making event in the evolution of His Faith in that far off region of the globe. I am deeply conscious of the decisive share which the Australian Bahá’í Community, labouring during more than three decades, for the spread of the light of this glorious revelation among the highly progressive people of that distant continent, has had in the laying of the foundations of the Administrative Order and the erection of yet another pillar of the future Universal House of Justice in this remote Dominion.