HALLENSTEIN, BENDIX (1835-1905) was born and educated in Brunswick, Germany. He finished in England, where he spent five years in a shipping house in Manchester. In 1857 he emigrated to Victoria and in 1863 crossed to New Zealand. He took up his residence first in Invercargill, but soon moved to Queenstown, where he established a business with J. W. Robertson and erected a flourmill at Kawarau for the benefit of the small farmers whom they settled upon their land. Hallenstein was several times mayor of Queenstown and represented the Lakes in the Otago Provincial Council (1872-75), and Wakatipu in the House of Representatives (1872-73). In 1873 he removed to Dunedin, where he helped to found the New Zealand clothing factory, of which he was managing director for many years. He was also a director of the D.I.C. (established in 1884), of Kempthorne Prosser and Co. and the National Insurance and Westport coal companies. He was German consul for some years. Hallenstein died on 6 Jan 1905.

Gilkison; Cycl. N.Z., iv (p); Otago Daily Times, 7 Jan 1905.

Reference: Volume 1, page 191

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