The Wellington club was started by Special Commissioner Lt. Colonel J. Layton Ralston of the Montreal club, with 36 charter members on 6 June, 1921 a week before the Auckland club was started with 50 members on 13 June by Special Commissioner Jim Davidson of the Winnipeg club. The Wellington club was formed by the efforts of Charles Odlin, a timber and hardware merchant and the Auckland club by Sir George Fowlds, president of the Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland). Both of the clubs functioned happily together and Fowlds undertook extension work with enthusiasm, On 22 May 1922, he assisted in the formation of the Christchurch club with 43 charter members.  For further information on New Zealand see the section on the Pacific Region.