Yates Samuel Ngawini 1829 1880

edmondsallan - hello - Although the surname is well known thro out the north , this pioneering family , who settled a bit later on , in the very Northern Peninsula of NZ, generally not much has been recorded about them . I came across this article , by accident , back in ( let me have a peek at my notations attached --- yes their it is --- 1974.
I was with my Brother heading up that old road , smack , bang in the middle of the peninsula ,when I asked who originally owned this ground ? He ,still driving & dodging pot holes & he knew the North like the back of his hand said .
" the Maori Yates family," not mentioning " Samuels Jewish faith "We were heading north to get to one of the east coast beaches & rocks . We had just gathered some " Toheroa's " from the west side and were now after some " Cray's " My favourite food on the other side Taken fresh out of the sea , eating them , " Yum Yum !!! when I wish for the good old days that is what I wish for . ( ** > Stop your raving you old goat & get on with the Journal < ** ).
" Ngawini and Samuel Yates " ran a large farm and general store in the far north of New Zealand during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Samuel Yates was born in London, England, probably in 1829, the son of Saul Yates, a solicitor, and his wife, Sarah Isaacs. Samuel's paternal grandfather, Benjamin Eliakim Yates, had Anglicised the family name from Goetz, and was the founder and first minister of the Liverpool Jewish congregation. Samuel was educated in Liverpool and later in Paris, where he became fluent in French and is said to have made the acquaintance of Emperor Louis Napoleon.
It had always been assumed that Samuel would follow in his father's footsteps and take up the law. However, in 1852 he accompanied his father to New Zealand to join other family members, and did not pursue his legal studies. After a brief stay in Auckland, he moved north to Mangonui, where he opened a general store. In 1862 or 1863 he travelled on to Parengarenga in the far north, initially planning to open another store for a trial period of six months, but he remained there for the rest of his life.
On 16 December 1880 Yates married Ngawini (Annie) Murray at Mangonui. Ngawini was born at Pukepoto, near Kaitaia, probably in 1852 or 1853. Her father was John Murray, also known as John Boradale, a shipwright and long-time European resident of Pukepoto. Her mother, Kateraina Te Kone, was descended from Tarutaru, the ancestor of Te Rarawa. Ngawini's great grandmother was Ruakuru, the sister of Te Rarawa leader Poroa. Ngawini, who was the eldest of 15 children, also had links with Te Aupouri.
This family even at that early stage of settlement , were thinking big time . They were dreaming & planning to farm the whole of the
" Aupouri Peninsula " in the North . What is more astounding , they made and took huge steps to accomplish their dream . I guess some people have , that determination and abilities to see that far ahead . Till we meet again - Regards - edmondsallan