Rich in name and history
Richwyn has been owned by the Martin family since 1886 when Sheldon’s great grandfather Murdoch along with four brothers (all quite young) rode from Fordell near Wanganui to Rangiwahia each to take up an 80ha block of heavily bush-clad land.
Richwyn has been owned by the Martin family since 1886 when Sheldon’s great grandfather Murdoch along with four brothers (all quite young) rode from Fordell near Wanganui to Rangiwahia each to take up an 80ha block of heavily bush-clad land. Their parents who remained at Fordell, had made the journey to New Zealand from the Isle of Barra, in the Scottish Outer Hebrides.
Sheldon’s parents who had been farming a Martin family trust block between Kiwitea and Kimbolton moved to Rangiwahia in 1970 when Sheldon was aged one after selling their share in the trust and buying Sheldon’s great uncle John’s block where Sheldon and Nicola live today.
Since farming at Rangiwahia, Sheldon and his father have acquired four of the five original blocks bought by Murdoch and his brothers. Sheldon and Nicola have recently bought a 26ha finishing block at Vinegar Hill near Hunterville with views of the Rangitikei River.
