Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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A Riccarton Ghostly Tale
When one thinks of the Austen Deans – award winning artist, mountaineer, World War II survivor – and the interesting life he crammed into 95 years, one could understand why he was the centre of a ghostly occurrence at Riccarton House that no one can really explain – even today. On the 1st December 1915, …
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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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Richard William Pearse (1877 – 1953)
As the children of Waitohi (near Temuka) walked home from school, they had gotten quite used to the rumbles and bangs that would be heard before Richard Pearse would come into view, appearing for just a few moments before disappearing behind the roadside hedge on his flying machine. ‘He is so odd,” one child could …
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AIDANFIELD – Mother Aidan Phelan (1858 – 1958)
Mother Aidan Phelan was Mother Superior at Mount Magdala Asylum from 1907 to 1920 and again in 1929 to 1936. The Good Shepherd Sisters had owned the land since 1886. Mount Magdala was a home for troubled girls and for women who had just been released from prison. The main income for the home was …
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