Chief Te Huruhuru
“…Governed the Ngai Taoka pah, fought at Raumoa. Our ally true raged through the fight at Paruparu against the fierce Te Rauparaha” Welcomed Michael Studholme in peace.
Waimate July 1854
Chief Te Huruhuru welcomes first settle Michael Studholme
80th Year Memorial
J.T. Huruhuru, Grandson
E.C. Studholme, Son
Laid foundation stones 1934
Michael Studholme
“… Whose voice I love.
Whose heart tho like pure gold,
Well tried and proved,
In the fierce furnace of adversity
Ne’er lost its kindness and intergrity”
E.M.L.S.
John Studholme
Born May 29, 1829. Died March 11, 1903
He took up the Waimate Run with his younger brothers Paul and Michael in 1854.
He was M.H.R for Gladstone which included Waimate 1880.