A surprisingly interesting explanation of the making of the Anglican Prayer Book in New Zealand.

Who knew that its roots lay in a 1928 constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom when Parliament voted down a new edition of the Book of Common Prayer? Between the legislative resolution in the Dominion of New Zealand and the final publication of the Anglican Prayer Book, society changed faster than the authors could write. The consultative and collegial outcome reflects the church's response to the challenges of literary nationalism, feminism and equality, Maori and Pasifika self-determination. and became a model text for other liturgies around the globe.

Features the huge contribution made by the late John De La Bere of St Michaels All Angels.