
John Close Hobbs
- Description
John Hobbs (c1865-1942) was the first commercial bee-keeper in the Kairanga district. He and his brother, Arthur, established an apiary of Aorangi Road in 1896. Arthur and John Hobbs were the sons of Edward Hobbs, a son of the Reverend John Hobbs, one of the early Wesleyan missionaries at Hokianga, North Auckland.
Tautuhi
- Momo rauemi
- Image
- Date
- 1896
- Tautuhi matihiko
- 2011N_Ka16_004995
- E puritia ana ki
- "Coolstore"
Pūnaha whakarōpū
- Tūtohu Hapori