Members of the Mackie family. From left: Logan Mackie, Coralea Donaldson, Bethany Versey, Ailsa and David Mackie, Michaela Donaldson, Jane Mackie, Grace Mackie, Brent Mackie, Copland Mackie, and Joanne Mackie. Watt then returned to Chertsey to take over the family farm, Tillyfour, and George set about developing the varied terrain of Kuriwao in earnest. In 1961, George’s second-youngest daughter Ailsa and her husband, David Mackie, took over a 162ha block of Kuriwao, before taking over the homestead block in 1974. Mollie Copland transports family guests on the Kuriwao farm buggy near Clinton, c 1927.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 29, 2020 22:18 UTC