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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
The Rev. Hugh Corrie Frere
The Rev. Hugh Corrie Frere, Minister in charge of the Waitotara Parochial District, was born in 1857 in Cape Colony. He is a son of Mr. George Frere, H.B.M. Commissioner at Capetown. Educated at Westminster, he came to New Zealand in 1879 per ship “Poonah,” and settled on the Canterbury Plains for five years. Mr. Frere was ordained in 1887 by the Bishop of Dunedin, and prior to coming to Waitotara in 1895 had charge of the Waitaki and Waikouaiti churches, in conjunction with the Palmerston South District.