Temple View

Temple View is a suburb of the city of Hamilton, New Zealand. Temple View was established in the 1950s out of the construction of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple and the Church College of New Zealand by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Access to the suburb is through Dinsdale, and then along Tuhikaramea Road.

The construction of the school and the temple commenced in the 1950s. The labour for the construction was performed by volunteer workers known as "labour missionaries." Volunteers for the programme came from all walks of life, and from many countries. The workers were given a very small allowance (10 shillings per week) for basic necessities, and initially were called to serve for two years. Many however extended their time upwards to between 8 and 10 years. Others left and came back later to serve additional missions.

The building missionary programme was considered a labour of love by its participants, and with the great sense of community that it engendered, it has made a lasting impression on everyone who was a part of it. A bond was created that has lasted, and the fruits of their labours are part of the lives of the members of the LDS Church in New Zealand.

The property on Tuhikaramea Road was chosen to be the site of the project. Gordon B. Young, the mission president at the time, had previously driven out to where the property was and knew immediately that the site was where the school was to be built. He almost drove off the road when he saw the site, because he briefly saw buildings on the site as they would be in the not to distant future. Early in 1950, George R. Biesinger was called to serve as general supervisor of Church building in the South Pacific. Because of stringent economic conditions in new Zealand no subcontractors could be engaged, no skilled labor was available, and there were no domestic sources of supply for the bulk of the material he would need. He would have to import his own cement, hardware, structural and other materials mostly from the US. As for labor he would have to leave that to providence.

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