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TAI TAPU – William Barnard Rhodes (1807 – 1878)
The view of Waitaha (Canterbury Plains) from the top of the Te Poho o Tamatea (Port Hills) in the late 1830’s wouldn’t be hard to imagine – swamp, grass, 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) …
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SYDENHAM & WALTHAM – Charles Prince (1822 – 1908)
When Charles Prince arrived in Lyttelton in 1858, I’m sure he had no idea that two future suburb names would be influenced by him with very little effort made by him at all. An ex-school master, Charles seemed to have no plans to follow his previous working path. By 1860, his crockery and china shop …
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HILLSBOROUGH – Edward Garland (1824 – 1893)
Edward and Annie Garland arrived at Lyttelton in 1854. No one today could begin to relate to what was going through Annie’s mind as she was led over the Bridle Path on the back of a white bullock! Edward got himself some land between the hills and the Heathcote River and built a little cob …
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MT PLEASANT & HILLMORTEN – Richard May Morten (1823 – 1909)
Tauhinu Korokio was the site of an Ngati Mamoe Pa. It was a superior location due to its 360 degree views, its amble wood supply and many water springs. The name came from two native shrubs that grew on what we now call Mt Pleasant. When the Ngai Tahu battled and won over the Nagti …
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