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The International Sailors Society (Auckland) Inc - working for the welfare of Seafarers
Description
The Society began as a branch of the British Sailors Society in the early 1960's with its own chapel and Centre in the port area. The name was changed to the International Sailors Society in the early 1990's to better reflect its status and activities.
We are still closely associated with the British and International Sailors Society and work with other ISS groups in New Zealand as a constituent member of the International Sailors Society New Zealand Incorporated. There are associated groups in Bluff, New Plymouth, Tauranga (Mt Mauganui), Dunedin (and Port Chalmers) and Lyttelton
We are a partner in the International Seafarer's Centre in Quay Street, Auckland, with the Mission to Seafarers and Stella Maris. We have a part-time chaplain, Major David Millar of the Salvation Army, who with his wife Ofelia visits ships, mans the Centre on a roster basis, visits seafarers in hospital etc. Ofelia is originally from the Philippines and this helps the couple to very quickly befriend the many Filipino seamen who visit Auckland in the course of their duties.
