The fact that the MacKenzie Country is named after a famous outlaw and now folk hero shows our Kiwi laid back attitude off beautifully! James MacKenzie (1820 – ?) was a Scot that emigrated to Australia in 1849 – finding work in the gold fields there. No one knows for sure when James arrived in …
On 5th April 1844, Fredrick Tuckett (pictured), Dr. David Munro and their survey party arrived in Port Cooper (Lyttelton) to view the Port Cooper (Canterbury) Plains for a future Scottish settlement. A plan was made to split the surveyor party in two; one half viewing the plains by walking to Putaringamotu (Riccarton) from Te Waihora …
