• Harry Ell (1862 – 1934)

    Harry Ell will always be remembered as a great lover of the Port Hills. Harry was born in Christchurch in 1862. He grew up on his parents’ farm in Halswell. From an early age, he became passionate about Christchurch’s natural heritage and its endangered species. It’s not hard to understand why his first job was …

  • John Barton Arundel Acland (1823 – 1904)

    John Barton Arundel Acland was born in Devon, England. After the best of education, John followed his father’s footsteps and became a lawyer. Through a fellow colleague, Charles George Tripp, John met some of the big names of The Canterbury Association including Christchurch’s founder John Robert Godley. Liking what they were hearing about Canterbury, the …

  • John Hill (1836 – 1918)

    Phillip Hill must have been a pretty ‘bad boy’ to have been disinherited by his father, John Hill Senior. Luckily for Phillips’ sons – John Jnr. and James – the disinheritance only went as far as their father.John Hill Senior actually went all out and beyond to make sure his grandsons had the best chance …

  • Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (1809 – 1878)

    Bishop George Augustus Selwyn was the first Bishop of New Zealand. Born in 1809, George was well educated and starting his working life as a teacher at Eton College. In 1833 he was ordained as a deacon. In 1841, he was recommended for the appointment as Bishop of New Zealand. Consecrated on the 17th October …

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