_The Evening Post_, 12 February 1925:
THE NEXT PRIMATE
BISHOP AVERILL ELECTED
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
DUNEDIN, 11th February.
The Right Rev. Alfred Walter #Averill, Bishop of Auckland, has by vote of the Anglican General Synod, been appointed Archbishop of New Zealand in succession to Archbishop Julius, whose resignation will take effect on 20th April.
Bishop Averill was born in Stafford, England. He was ordained Deacon in 1888, and priest in 1889, in the Diocese of London. He held office as Vicar of St. Michael's, Christchurch, where he was consecrated Bishop of Waipu on 16th January, 1910. He was transferred to Auckland in 1914. Bishop Averill holds the degree of M.A., and D.S., at Oxford University.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250212.2.106
Biography in the DNZB https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3a24/averill-alfred-walter