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The ‘Compte de Paris’ Arrived At Akaroa – 18th August 1840
On 18th August 1840, French ship, the ‘Compte de Paris’ sailed into Akaroa harbour with French and German settlers aboard. They all carried huge dreams but disappointment was to meet them in the form of the British flag. François Lelievre was born in Les Parlierre, France around the year of 1811. He grew up on …
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Treaty Arrived In Akaroa – 28th May 1840
On 28th May 1840, the HMS Herald arrived at Akaroa with the Treaty of Waitangi on board. Commissioner Major Thomas Bunbury and interpreter Edward Marsh Williams were there to collect more signatures. This was known as the ‘Herald-Bunbury copy’. As the men travelled around the South Island, they were faced with wide spread disagreement of …
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The First Plains Farmers Arrived – 10th April 1840
On 10th April 1840, a small party of farmers and their families began to make their way across Waitaha (Canterbury Plains) from Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere). With two teams of bullocks, drays full of supplies and farm equipment, this event is believed to be the first time bullocks walked the land, and that drays and …
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Canterbury’s First Hoof Stock Swam Ashore – 10th November 1838
The view of Waitaha (Canterbury Plains) from the top of the Te Poho o Tamatea (Port Hills) in 1836 wouldn’t be hard to imagine – swamp, cabbage trees, flax and Toi Toi. Was it a place where a future could begin for someone not afraid of hard work? William Barnard Rhodes (pictured with his wife …
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