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Story: Otago region

Remembering Johnny Jones

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Mr A. Eccles, grandson of whaler and businessman Johnny Jones, recalls his forebear's enterprises at Waikouaiti in the 1830s and 1840s. Jones developed a farm at Matanaka, near Waikouaiti; some of the buildings are shown here.

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Image: Hocken Collections, University of Otago, S09-038e

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Māori history and whaling, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/22630/remembering-johnny-jones (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.