Shortly after taking his job as Dean of Wellington's Anglican Cathedral, Dr Douglas Sparks was confronted by an anonymous note on his door: "Go home, Yankee."
Eighteen months later Dr Sparks has gone, leaving behind members of the 500-strong congregation.
Church leaders say it was his family's homesickness rather than the animosity
Dean quits Wellington Cathedral to return to US
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