COLLINS, ARTHUR SHUCKBURGH (1832-1911) was born in Devonshire and came to New Zealand in the Pekin (1849). In 1868 he was gazetted a justice of the peace and elected a member of the Nelson Provincial Council for Nelson (which he represented till 1872). He was a member of the executive in 1870. He represented Collingwood in Parliament (1868-73) and Nelson Suburbs North (1880-81).

Collins did much exploring in the province. In 1869, with A. Mackay, he crossed the Mount Arthur range to fix a feasible track to Karamea. In 1872 he blazed the track across the Rai saddle, which had been discovered by Mackay; and afterwards with provincial funds opened out a horse track. As chairman of the Wakapuaka road board he laid out the track from Wakapuaka to the Saddle and afterwards induced the General Government to construct the Rai road. In 1887 Collins returned to reside in Nelson. He was a governor of Nelson College (1880), a member of the Marlborough land board, chairman of the Kaikoura county council (1887) and a member of the Nelson diocesan synod and the general synod. He died on 27 Sep 1911.

Cycl. N.Z., v (p); The Colonist, 28 Sep 1911. Portrait: Parliament House.

Reference: Volume 1, page 101

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