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Haurongo: Richardson, John Larkins Cheese

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Bradshaw, James Benn Bradshaigh

1832–1886

Newspaper editor, gold assayer and buyer, politician, sharebroker, labour law reformer

Three Otago worthies: from left, William Cargill, John Larkins Cheese Richardson and Thomas Burns, painted by John Turnbull Thomson

Burns, Thomas

1796 (year uncertain)–1871

Presbyterian minister, coloniser, community leader

Fitzherbert, William

1810–1891

Merchant, politician, provincial superintendent

Stafford, Edward William

1819–1901

Politician, premier, runholder, pedigree stock-breeder, provincial superintendent, businessman, sportsman

Weld, Frederick Aloysius

1823–1891

Pastoralist, politician, premier, explorer, artist, colonial governor

Biographies that mention Richardson, John Larkins Cheese

Branigan, St John

1823 to 1824 (year uncertain)–1873

Police commissioner

Dalrymple, Learmonth White

1827 (year uncertain)–1906

Educationalist

Macandrew, James

1819 (uncertain)–1887

Merchant, ship owner, politician, provincial superintendent

Read, Thomas Gabriel

1824 to 1826 (year uncertain)–1894

Gold prospector, farmer

Rye, Maria Susan

1829–1903

Feminist, reformer, emigration organiser

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Olive Trotter. 'Richardson, John Larkins Cheese', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128273/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).