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- 6 Oct 1839–6 Aug 1901
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John McKenzie
McKenzie's early memory of evicted crofters shaped his whole life's philosophy and his land-reform work in the Liberal government of the 1890s.
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19 April 1893State buys Cheviot EstateIn the 1890s the Liberal government was determined to break up large estates for closer settlement by small farmers. The first major purchase under this policy was of the Cheviot Estate in North Canterbury. Read more...
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Main image: John McKenzie
Portrait of John McKenzie, circa 1889