n New Zealand took place in January, 1923.

In 1925, Margaret was one of a small group who journeyed from New Zealand
to the Holy Land on pilgrimage, and after an inspiring nineteen days in
Haifa, travelled on to England where she met with the English Baha'i
community. The pilgrims arrived back in Auckland in December, 1925,
bringing with them some dust from the Tomb of Baha'u'llah which was placed
in New Zealand soil at the Stevenson's home in a ceremony held on February
14th, 1926.

In such a geographically remote country, the early New Zealand believers
had scant knowledge of Baha'i administration and erroneously called
themselves an Assembly as early as 1924. This was corrected with the
receipt of a booklet on the subject and the first properly constituted
Baha'i Assembly in New Zealand was formed on April 21st, 1926, with
Margaret Stevenson as its Secretary. A steadfast worker, Margaret was a
member of the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Australia and New Zealand which was elected in 1934, and served the Baha'i
Cause with faithfulness and efficiency until her passing to the Abha
Kingdom on February 11th, 1941.

Note 2. (Letter No. 1)

Born in London in 1855, Hyde Dunn was engaged in business in Britain and
continental Europe before emigrating to the United States. In 1905, whilst
at a tinsmith's shop in Seattle, he observed the shopkeeper in excited
conversation with a man who had just returned from the Prison of Akka and
the presence of 'Abdu'l-Baha; he overheard the quotation "Let not a man
glory in this, that he loves his country, but let him glory in this, that
he loves his kind". Hyde Dunn later recalled that "The words reached me
with dynamic force, its truth and power crystallised in my heart--a new
consciousness awakened... That one glorious utterance magnetised my whole
being, appealed as a new note, sent forth from God to His wandering
creatures--a Message from the Supreme to the sons of men".(11) Recognising
the Truth, Hyde Dunn interrupted the conversation, and accepted
immediately the Revelation of Baha'u'llah. The year was 1905.

In 1912, he was present at a meeting with 'Abdu'l-Baha in San Francisco
and declared it was the Master's "penetrating glance, his life giving
words, he felt gave him the power that enabled him later to become the
spiritual conqueror of a continent". Accompanied by his English born wife,
Clara, he answered the call of the "Tablets of the Divine