Infamous Sheep Rustler Jailed In Lyttelton – 15th March 1855
No one knows for sure when James MacKenzie arrived in New Zealand but he first appeared in Nelson. He bought himself two bullocks, a border collie he named Friday (pictured) and a dray. Taking on jobs as he traveled, he made it down to Mataura in Southland. In 1855, J.H.C Sidebottom was informed by his …