- land on the
Canterbury Plains had been
taken up already.
Established runholders did not take them seriously, and some
laughed at them for
wanting to take...
- John
Deans (4 May 1820 – 23 June 1854) was,
together with his
brother William, a
pioneer farmer in Canterbury, New Zealand. He was born in Kirkstyle, Riccarton...
- land on the
Canterbury Plains had been
taken up already.
Established runholders did not take them seriously, and some
laughed at them for
wanting to take...
-
September 1889), also
known as
Ready Money Robinson, was a New
Zealand runholder and
member of the New
Zealand Legislative Council.
Robinson was born in...
-
Mahupuku (c.1842 – 14
January 1904) was a New
Zealand tribal leader,
runholder, ****essor and
newspaper proprietor. Of Māori descent, he
identified with...
-
Thomas Henry Wigley (1825 – 17 June 1895) was a
runholder in New Zealand. Born in England, he came to New
Zealand via
Australia in 1860. He was a member...
- – 7 July 1905),
derogatorily known as
Scabby Moore, was a New
Zealand runholder and
proprietor of the
Glenmark estate.
Moore was born at
Billown near...
-
Thomas Rowley and one
brother emigrated, and he
became a
significant runholder. He
later started acting as an
agent for
absentee landowners. He briefly...
- John
Cargill (1821 – 2
January 1898) was a New
Zealand politician and
runholder.
Cargill was born in 1821; he was the son of
William Cargill, one of Otago's...
-
Henry Poingdestre (1832?–1885) was a New
Zealand runholder,
rabbit farmer and eccentric. He was born in St Helier,
Channel Islands in
about 1832. Graham...
