The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
McKenzie., William John
McKenzie., William John
, Farmer, “Willowsmead,” Wright's Bush. Mr McKenzie was born at the Punch Bowl Estate. Maheno, and was educated at Kakanui, where he was brought up to country life. He settled in the Wright's Bush district in 1895, and purchased “Willowsmead,” a partly formed farm of 282 acres. Mr Mckenzie has made many improvements,
and brought the property to a good state of cultivation, working it as a mixed farm. He was married, in
1898, to a daughter of Mr Farquhar Gunn, of Kakanui, and has two sons and two daughters.