Lloyd Geering and Helen Clark - there's a pairing for you!

A couple of controversial New Zealanders have their birthdays today.  Sir Lloyd Geering (1918) and Helen Clark (1950).  While we are all pretty familiar with Helen’s activities, I had forgotten some of the circumstances around Lloyd Geering.

He faced charges of heresy by the Presbyterian Church in 1967 largely because he disliked and spoke out against fundamentalists.  Having survived that challenge he was later knighted by the Queen and later was awarded the Order of New Zealand.