Edward Gibbon Wakefield (plaque)

Funded by the Lotteries Board for the Founders' Society

Edward Gibbon Wakefield Principal founder of planned settlement of New Zealand. Member of the N.Z. Company, M.P. for Hutt. Died at this site 90 The Terrace Wellington 18th May 1882.

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