Temperance – avoiding alcoholic drink – was a central feature of New Zealand Methodism until the mid-20th century. One of the organisations promoting temperance was the Band of Hope, whose members signed a pledge to 'abstain from all intoxicating liquors'. This magnificent certificate was given to Lottie Maria Brewer of Blenheim when she signed the pledge in 1886. Daphne Jarvis was involved with the Band of Hope in Gisborne. Listen to her reading the pledge she signed in 1923. When this recording was made 50 years later, she still abstained from alcohol.
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