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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Councillor Christian Hansen
Councillor Christian Hansen , who has held a seat on the Stewart County Council since 1901, was born in 1852, in Norway, where he resided for twenty-five years before his arrival in the colony. Mr Hansen took a master mariner's certificate in 1888, and for three years had charge of the s.s. “Napier,” trading between Invercargill, Dunedin and Riverton. In 1894 he settled at Port Adventure, and five years later removed to Half Moon Bay, where he engaged in fishing and boat building, and in 1899 became the proprietor of Oban House. Mr Hansen was married, in 1867, to Miss Johnson, of Norway, and has three sons and four daughters.