Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Munro, James , “Newfield,” Mokotua. Mr Munro was born, in 1841, in Abbey parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and came to Port Chalmers, in 1862, by the ship “Lady Egidia.” He spent the first two years after his arrival in farm work and at the Nokomai diggings, and was contracting in Southland for two years before 1866, when he bought “Newfield,” in the Oteramika district. This property consists of 337 acres, and Mr Munro also owns two other farms in the district, now occupied by his sons. Mr Munro served on the Oteramika Road Board for many years, and was for some time a member of the school committee. He was married, in 1867, to the eldest daughter of Mr Alexander Leith, one of the earliest settlers in the Taieri district, and has a family of seven sons and six daughters. Mr Leith arrived at Dunedin by the ship “Mary,” in April, 1849.