*1908: [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] arbitrates and grants jurisdiction of Greek parishes in Australasia to the Church of Greece.

*1910: [[Hieromonk|Hmk]] [[Nicholas (Manavitch)]] (Russian), the first Orthodox priest to reside in New Zealand, arrives.

*1913: Fr Nicholas Shehadie appointed Patriarchal [[Exarch]] for Australia and New Zealand by His Beatitude Gregorious Haddad Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.

:: Hmk Fr Nicholas leaves New Zealand for Sydney, Australia. No priest left in New Zealand.