The Reverend Nielsen was a Norwegian Wesleyan Minister at Mauriceville West.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1800

Sir Fredrick Weld (1823-1891) was a pioneer Pastoralist of New Zealand. He was elected to the first New Zealand Parliment in 1854 and was Premier from 1864-1865. Subsequently, he became a Colonial Governor of Western Australia, Tasmania and Strait...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1859

Because of the extreme lack of variety of Scandinavian surnames (there were two Olsens or Olsons in the original Mauriceville Settlement alone), it is difficult to establish exactly who this family were. They were probably pioneers in the Forty Mi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1880s