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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Hayes, Thomas

Hayes, Thomas, Farmer, Kakaparere, Te Moari, three miles from Kaeo. The freehold property of Mr. Hayes embraces 500 acres of broken land and 100 acres of first-class land, of which about one-third is sown in English grasses and carries some 400 crossbred sheep and about 50 head of cattle. The flat alluvial land is admirably suited for crops and fruitgrowing, but the larger portion of the farm is “broken.” Mr. Hayes was born in the district in 1850, and has all his life been associated with the kauri timber trade, chiefly as a contractor during the past thirty years. In 1880, he bought 490 acres of his present homestead, supplementing it with an additional 110 acres four years later. The cattle and sheep fattened on the property are amongst the primest sent to the markets. Mr. Hayes was for six or seven years a member of the Whangaroa County Council, was superintendent of the Wesleyan Sunday school for several years, as well as a steward of the church, and is associated with the Oddfellows and Recha bites. He is married to a daughter of the late Mr. T. H. Skinner.

Mr. T. Hayes.

Mr. T. Hayes.