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on the rise, progress and influence of the London YMCA, and the issue of this was a resolution to commence an
Auckland YMCA. A site was purchased on Durham Street East, and a building erected and opened on 12 September 1856 by His Excellency the
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Shalders is remembered primarily as the founder of the YMCA and the
Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, but he was also a very successful businessman. He owned a drapers' shop at 200 Queen Street, and also had properties at Kapanga Township,
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Shalders survived in his position, however the buildings were burnt to the ground at three o'clock in the morning. A new building was erected in 1866.
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