Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Donald Munro, who filled the position of headmaster of the Ohariu School from 1891 to 1896, was born in 1837 near Bonar Bridge, Sutherlandshire, Scotland. After attending the local Free Church school he served five years as a pupil teacher, and went to the Glasgow Free Church Training School for two years, gaining a second-class certificate. Subsequently for three-and-a-half years before leaving the Old Land, Mr. Munro was in Ross-shire. In 1863 he landed in Lyttelton by the “David G. Fleming,” when he was appointed to teach at a private school. For twelve years afterwards he was at the Hampden Public School in Otago, being transferred to Orari in South Canterbury, where he remained for several years. In 1888 Mr. Munro was appointed headmaster of Kaitoke School, where he remained till transferred to Ohariu Valley He was married in 1863 to a daughter of the late Mr. D. Campbell, of Creich, Bonar Bridge, settler, and leaves a son, who is married and settled. Mr. Munro died suddenly on the 21st of September, 1896, his widow surviving him.