Waikakahi
Subtitle: fulfilling the promise
By: John Wilson
Publisher: Waikakahi Centennial 1999 Incorporated Society
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Waimate [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: History
Description: In 1898 the Minister of Lands of the Liberal government of New Zealand paid a visit to Allan McLean, owner of the Waikakahi Estate, one of South Canterbury's largest and most productive freehold properties. The result of this visit was the purchase and subdivision of the estate by the government, the key event of the South Canterbury district of Waikakahi. This book has been published to mark the centenary of this significant event, which helped ensure that the family farm would triumph in the New Zealand countryside. It tells the story of a typical New Zealand country district, recounting the lives of those who have called on of Canterbury's most appealing country districts their home.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-349) and index.
Table of contents: title: Waikakahi? Where's that?; title: Te Maori; title: The first Europeans; title: The early runs; title: McLean's Waikakahi; title: The other land owners; title: A developed district; title: The purchase of Waikakahi; title: The survey; title: The ballot and the clearing sale; title: Roads for the settlers; title: Who were the settlers?; title: The first years of settlement; title: Farming as tenants; title: Progress and prosperity; title: Farming the land; title: Farm labour and machines; title: Families and their farms; title: The economic farm; title: Tenants to freeholders; title: Coping with hard times; title: Weather and weeds; title: Floods and drainage; title: Droughts and water races; title: The irrigation schemes; title: Dairying on Waikakahi; title: Doing business; title: Morven; title: Glenavy; title: Redcliff/Ikawai; title: The schools of Waikakahi; title: Country school life; title: Churches and sports; title: Community life; title: Remembering the past.