WHEN THE KAHUWAIS COMMENCED TO GRAZE.
About tlio year 1848, after the trouble with tho Natives regarding tho settlement of tho Wairau had been finally adjusted, a Mr, Budge camo over from Nelson and took up a piece of land near tho mouth of the Opawa River, Blenheim, and kept a flock of sheep on what was known
as "Budge's Island." When the historic earthquakes of 1855 kept New Zealand oscillating for some weeks, a subsidenco took place along the sea coast near the mouth of tho Opawa and "Budge's Is- : land" disappeared beneath the surface of the water. Some little time aitenvnrds, before tho prolonged earth-tremors had ; quite ceased, an acquaintance met Budgo j in the street of "The Beaver." as Blenj hejm was then called, and accostcd him j with, "lleilo, ]»iulge! How is it yi'U nro ; not minding your sheep on the island?" j "Well," responded the cheerful Budge, "I minded tho sheep till the kalmwais com- ; menced to graze, and then thought it timo jto quit." "Budge's Island" still appears I on the map, but the island is under tho sea, and it is possible that the kaliuwais still "graze" whore Budge's sheep once fattened on rich pastures.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1246, 30 September 1911, Page 22
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202WHEN THE KAHUWAIS COMMENCED TO GRAZE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1246, 30 September 1911, Page 22
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