lived Grand New Zealand Banner. Grand Lodge of New Zealand GLE At the end of the First World War soldiers in the Torquay Demobilization Camp formed the Ye Petitor Lodge No 2674. A GLE dispensation was granted to the lodge in 1919. The lodge was then transported to Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1922, at the formation of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, Ye Petitor 2674 became No 1 on the Roll of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand of GLE. It was not the only GLE lodge to be formed in New Zealand prior to 1922. Other Lodges included Auckland City Lodge in Auckland. Attempts to establish a Grand Lodge of New Zealand of GLE are known to have begun in 1920. The first recorded meetings of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand of GLE were in Christchurch in February 1922. On Sunday 19 March 1922 the First Grand Lodge was elected with Bro. W.G Brooks RoH being the first Grand Primo of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand of GLE Edwin Clark in his history of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand states, based on original minutes, that a motion was passed for the Grand Lodge Dispensation to be framed. According to the original minutes as mentioned by Edwin Clark in his history of the first 25 years of Grand Lodge, the meetings of the new Grand Lodge were to be held at 8pm, on the last Thursday of each month. Lodges formed under The Grand Lodge of New Zealand of GLE would continue to have an English GLE Number issued to them until at least as late as 1930. Grand Lodge of England Granted the Grand Lodge of New Zealand its independence around 1931. It is still in fraternal accord with the GLE and is part of the GLE banner, but is independent of the Grand Lodge of England. Grand Primos of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand GLE Bro. W.G. Brooks RoH 1922 Bro. A.B.Simpson KOM 1923 Bro. W Pennington KOM 1924 Bro. C W Jones KOM 1925 Bro. A J Smith 1925–1926 Bro. A.D.Pickard 1926–1927 Bro G.A.Denning RoH 1927/1928 Bro. W.Drain K.O.M 1928/1929 Bro.W.W.M.Watt R.O.H 1929/1930 Bro.W.J.W.Neate RoH 1930/1931 Lodges of the GLNZ West Coast South Island The First Buffalo Lodge to be formed on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island was the Mt Rochfort Lodge No 29 located on Denniston opened in