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New Zealand (Gisborne and Masterton where Farndales settled)
Historical and geographical information regarding the places where Farndales settled
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- The Farndales of New Zealand
- Masterton
- Gisborne
The Farndales of New Zealand
The New
Zealand Line are the descendants of Ronald Martin Farndale (FAR00852)(born
1919) who emigrated to New Zealand after
service ion the Second World War in 6th Field Ambulance RAMC in Greece and
Crete and his capture as a Prisoner of War at Sidi Rezegh. He became a
builder in Masterton, near Wellington, New Zealand.
The New Zealand 2 Line are the descendants
of Wilf Farndale (FAR00769)
who settled at Gisborne, North Island in 1964.
Frederick Farndale
(FAR00898)
also emigrated to New Zealand from Middlesbrough.
North Island, New Zealand
Masterton
Gisborne
New Zealand
1314
New Zealand was
first settled by Polynesians from Eastern Polynesia. Genetic and archaeological
evidence suggests that humans emigrated from Taiwan via southeast Asia to
Melanesia and then radiated eastwards into the Pacific in pulses and waves of
discovery which gradually colonised islands from Samoa and Tonga all the way to
Hawaii, the Marquesas, Easter Island, the Society Islands and, finally, New
Zealand. In New Zealand there are no human artifacts or remains dating earlier
than the Kaharoa Tephra, a layer of volcanic debris deposited by the Mount Tarawera eruption around 1314. The 1999 dating of some kiore (Polynesian rat) bones to as early as 100 CE was
later found to be an error; new samples of rat bone (and also
of rat-gnawed shells and woody seed cases) mostly gave dates later than the Tarawera eruption with only three samples giving slightly
earlier dates.
1500
The descendants of these settlers became
known as the Māori, forming a distinct culture of their own. The latter
settlement of the tiny Chatham Islands in the east of New Zealand about 1500
produced the Moriori; linguistic evidence indicates
that the Moriori were mainland Māori who
ventured eastward. There is no evidence of a pre-Māori civilisation in
mainland New Zealand.
1642
The first
Europeans known to reach New Zealand were the crew of Dutch explorer Abel
Tasman who arrived in his ships Heemskerck and Zeehaen.
Tasman anchored at the northern end of the South Island in Golden Bay (he named
it Murderers' Bay) in December 1642, and sailed northward to Tonga following an
attack by local Māori, Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri.
1820
There was a
difficult relationship with settlers. Māoris
from New Zealand first visited London in the 1820s. They encouraged white
settlers in the 1820s and 1830s. Many settlers were innocuous, even benevolent.
However others were less scrupulous.
1840
Captain William Hobson
signed the Treaty
of Waitangi in 1840 with Māori rulers, intended to control white settlement
and regulate land sale.
1860s
British troops
ended up fighting the Māori in the 1860s to defend the settlers whose
aggressive behaviour the British government deplored.
Masterton
Masterton is a large town in
the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of
the Masterton District, a territorial authority or local government
district. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from
Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges. It is
100 kilometres north-east of Wellington, 39.4 kilometres south
of Eketahuna, on the Ruamahanga River.
1854
Masterton was founded in 1854 by the Small Farms
Association. The association was led by Joseph Masters, after whom the
town was named, and aimed to settle working people in villages and on the land.
At first Masterton grew slowly, but as its
farming hinterland became more productive it began to prosper.
1870
In the 1870s Masterton overtook Greytown as
Wairarapa’s major town.
1877
Masterton became a borough in 1877.
1880
Masterton was reached by the railway line from
Wellington in 1880. The railway became for a time the main line from Wellington
to the north of New Zealand and its arrival cemented the town’s position as the
Wairarapa region’s main market and distribution centre.
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The railway station opened 1880 demolished 1967
1900
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The Post Office opened 1900 demolished 1960
1965
In April 1965 one of the country's worst
industrial accidents occurred at the General Plastics Factory on 170 Dixon
Street.
1974
In essence providing support services for rural
industry, Masterton's real growth ended with that sector's retrenchment after
the 1974 British entry to the trade and political grouping now
the European Union.
Efforts to decentralise industry to New
Zealand's provinces gave Masterton a print works and some other industries but
the lost economic activity was not restored.
From the 1970s, people and businesses left for
opportunities elsewhere.
1980
In the 1980s, with government deregulation and
protective tariffs lifted, more businesses closed and
the town declined further.
1989
Masterton did not quite qualify to be a city by
1989 when the minimum population requirement for that status was lifted from
20,000 to 50,000.
Gisborne
Gisborne (Māori: Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, "Great standing place of Kiwa")
is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the
Gisborne District. It had a population of 38,200 in June 2023.
The settlement was originally known as Turanga
and renamed Gisborne in 1870 in honour of New Zealand Colonial Secretary
William Gisborne.
Circa 1300
The Gisborne region has been settled for over 700 years. For
centuries, the region has been inhabited by the tribes of Te
Whānau-a-Kai, Ngaariki Kaiputahi,
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te
Aitanga-a-Hauiti. They descend from the voyagers of the Te
Ikaroa-a-Rauru, Horouta and Tākitimu
waka.
During the 14th century, Māori tribes
built fishing villages close to the sea and built pā on nearby
hilltops.
1768
Gisborne's Kaiti Beach is the place where British navigator Captain James Cook made his first landing in New
Zealand upon the Endeavour. Cook had earlier set off from Plymouth in August
1768 on a mission bound for Tahiti. Once he had concluded his duties in Tahiti,
Cook continued south to look for a large landmass or continent, before heading
west. Young Nick's Head was thought to be the first piece of New Zealand land
sighted by Cook's party, and so named because it was first observed by cabin
boy Nicholas Young on 6 October 1769.
On 9 October, Cook came ashore on the eastern bank of the Tūranganui River, accompanied by a party of men. Their
arrival was marred by misunderstanding and resulted in the death and wounding
of nine Māori over four days. It was also on the banks of the Tūranganui River that first the township of Turanga, then the city of Gisborne, grew as European
traders and whalers began to settle in the river and port area.
1831
Starting in the early 1830s, traders such as Captain John
Harris and Captain George E. Read set up the first trading stations along the Tūranganui river and are attributed to the founding of
the town. In 1831 John Harris set up the first trading station in Tūranga on behalf of a Sydney firm.
Over the next 30 years, many more European traders and
missionaries migrated to the region.
1868
In 1868, the government bought 300 hectares of land for a
town site.
1870
The town was laid out in 1870 and the name changed from Turanga to Gisborne, after the then colonial secretary, and
to avoid confusion with Tauranga.
1872
In 1872, Gisborne's first public school was opened and its
first newspaper, the Poverty Bay Standard was established.
1877
A town council was formed in 1877.
1890
Rapid development came towards the end of the century on the
back of a thriving pastoral hinterland. Two freezing works and many other
industries were established.
1901
The population rose from 2,737 in 1901 to more than 15,000
in 1926.
1914
Suburban Mangapapa had its own
town council from 1914 to 1924, when most of it joined Gisborne
1929
At the end of the 1920s Gisborne had all the markers of a
provincial capital except a railway line – an improved harbour, a substantial
post office, a high school and an impressive main
street (Gladstone Road). Large houses were built along the left bank of the Taruheru River and a botanical
garden developed on the right bank.
1955
The 1950s and 1960s was a further buoyant period. Pastoral
farming thrived, the port was complemented by a rail link and an airport, and a
food-processing and canning industry developed.
Substantial areas of state housing were built off Childers
Road, towards the airport. Gisborne attained city status (a population of 20,000)
in 1955. Gisborne High School was divided into boys’ and girls’ schools, and
Lytton and Campion colleges opened.
1976
The population reached 30,000 in 1976.
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