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28 January 1850
William Fairburn sells 400 acres to the Crown in Otahuhu - the land on which the Fencible village has already been established. The portion of the land which lies along the Otahuhu portage is dedicated by conveyance to the Crown as a Canal Reserve.
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29 July 1850
William Goodfellow buys 206 acres of land at East Tamaki. Here establishes 'Otara Farm' (located to the east of present-day Otara Road). Goodfellow serves as representative for the Southern Division on the Auckland Provincial Council between 1855 and 1861. His grandson (Sir) William becomes a leading figure in the dairying and fertilizer industries (see 8 November 1919).
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20 August 1850
Thomas Baird buys 74 acres on the southern bank of the Tamaki River, opposite Otahuhu; on 29 August his son Samuel Christie Baird buys another 80 acres. The Bairds build a wharf and a storage shed on their property (see also 27 August 1854).
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19 October 1850
A two-acre block of land at Onehunga is set aside for a 'native hostelry' for the use of Maori traders and visitors from the Waikato. The hostel is built by or before March 1852 (see also 16 March 1852).
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November 1850
About this time the Government cutter Maori begins a regular boat service from Onehunga to Waiuku. Although the Maori is shipwrecked on 15 October 1851, the route is later taken over by privately owned cutters such as Edward Constable's Betsy and Sea Belle (see also 8 September 1864).
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7 December 1850
John Styak first buys land in East Tamaki. Styak is at the time a resident of Panmure, but in 1853 or 1854 moves to East Tamaki. He calls his property Green Mount (Greenmount), and the large house he and his wife Susanna build in 1856 becomes a centre of social life in the district. The Styak estate is later bought by Styak's son-in-law, Charles Hugh Lushington.
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14 December 1850
The Reverend Vicesimus Lush is appointed Vicar of All Saints' Anglican Church at Howick (see also 26 December 1850). He serves there for 16 years, for much of that time keeping a journal of his experiences. From 1858 he is also required to minister to the Turanga Creek (Whitford), Wairoa (Clevedon), Papakura and Drury communities (see also 17 July 1865).
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26 December 1850
The newly appointed vicar of Howick, the Reverend Vicesimus Lush, and his family move into the new parsonage (vicarage) in Cook Street, Howick. Originally built for Captain Charles Henry Montressor Smith, the house had been sold to the church in October 1849 (see also 29 November 1974).
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10 January 1851
The Fencible Captain C.H.M Smith acquires a 95-acre plot beside the Pakuranga Creek. Here he builds a substantial two-story house. It is bought by David Bell in 1868, who later shifts it to a site on Bells Road. (In 1972 'Bell House' is bequeathed to the Howick Historical Society, although it is placed in the care of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust until October 2005.)
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Large image	Photo: Bell House, Pakuranga, ca 1905. (Photographer, Elsie Bell. Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village Bell Family Series, PAK: I, 1 no. 1)
Large image	Photo: Bob Dawson's traction engine at Bell Farm, Pakuranga, ca 1905. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village Bell Family Series, PAK: I, 1 no. 8)
Large image	Photo: Ploughing at Bell Farm, Pakuranga, ca 1905. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village Bell Family Series, PAK: I, 1 no. 4)
Large image	Photo: Harvest-time at Bell Farm, Pakuranga, ca 1905. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village, Bell Family Series, PAK: I, 1 no. 10)
Large image	Photo: Harvest-time at Bell Farm, Pakuranga, ca 1905. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village, Bell Family Series, PAK: I, 1 no. 11)
Large image	Photo: The milk float, Bell Farm, Pakuranga, ca 1905. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village, Bell Family Series, PAK: I, 1 no. 16)
Large image	Photo: Family picnic, Pakuranga, ca 1905. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village, Bell Family Series, PAK: I, 1 no. 29)

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16 January 1851
Thomas Eckford buys 368 acres from Thomas Fairburn at Maraetai, where he builds a farmhouse. The house is later bought by the Couldrey family. For some years Anglican services are also held there, and the local post office is based in the house between 1888 and 1923. In 1978 the building is moved to Howick Historical Village (see also 8 March 1980).
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Large image	Photo: The Eckford homestead at Maraetai, ca 1975. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village Collection, Clevedon, CLE: IV, 1 no. MA20)
Large image	Photo: The Eckford homestead at Maraetai, 1978. Corrugated iron is being removed to reveal the original shingle roof. (Manukau Libraries, Howick Historical Village Collection, Clevedon, CLE: IV, 1 no. MA21)

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March 1851
The Ngati Tamatera chief, Kati Kati, prevents a William McGee from cutting timber near Maraetai, although McGee holds a Crown timber licence. The Commissioner for Crown Lands William Gisborne reinvestigates the vexed question of the Fairburn Claim. Gisborne recommends that a native reserve be set aside in the Maraetai area, and that payments be made to settle any remaining native claims (see also 9 October 1851).
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9 April 1851
The first bridge over the Tamaki River to the south of Otahuhu is reported as under construction. The exact opening date is unknown, but the bridge, once completed, helps open up the Mangere and East Tamaki areas; although the Great South Road itself remains difficult going in wet weather for some years (see also January 1854).
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17 April 1851
Maori from the Hauraki area, protesting against an offence to the chief Te Hoera, arrive at Auckland in a flotilla of canoes from Pukorokoro (Miranda), Taupo (Kawakawa Bay), Waiari, Wharekawa, Te Umupuia and Waiheke Island. Several hundred Ngati Paoa, Ngai Tai and Ngati Whanaunga warriors perform a challenge on the beach at Mechanics Bay. The Howick Fencibles are amongst the troops called out, and are positioned in Parnell. After a demonstration of strength by the Government forces the situation quietens and the protesters depart.
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25 April 1851
The inaugural Tamaki Races, aka Otahuhu Races, are held on a course developed on Waipuna Farm, between Panmure and Otahuhu. The event is held there annually until the 1880s.
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29 May 1851
John and James Wallace buy 251 acres in a low-lying and partly swampy area to the southwest of Otahuhu. They are the first European settlers in the central part of what becomes known as Papatoetoe. On 25 May 1857 they divide their property. On his portion James Wallace builds a house he calls 'Hillside' and establishes a well-known 'model farm' (see also 17 February 1970).
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5 September 1851
The Borough of Auckland is constituted. Its boundaries stretch as far south as Otahuhu and as far east as Howick. Fourteen wards are defined. These include Howick, Otahuhu, Tamaki East, and Panmure (which includes Pakuranga). Elections are held on 18 November 1851.
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October 1851
About this time, work starts on Otahuhu's first Anglican church. A school is also opened in the church, the priest serving as the schoolmaster (see also 14 February 1859). Within a decade the church is moved to a new site closer to the village, where a new and larger church is also built (see 27 December 1863). However, the Anglican cemetery remains behind to mark the old site (see also 15 April 1962).
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1 October 1851
The Reverend Vicesimus Lush plants some blackberry slips in his garden. He is as far as he knows the second person ever to grow blackberries in Howick.
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7 October 1851
The Land Claims Commissioner awards David Geddes, the heir of Alexander Geddes, a total of 1000 acres at Mangere and Pukaki in final settlement of the Jackson and Imlay claims (see also 16 August 1856).
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7 October 1851
The Government cutter Maori overturns in a squall on a trip from Onehunga to Waiuku. The captain and two passengers are drowned.
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