DIVE, WILLIAM EVANS (1831-1928) was born at Rye, Sussex, England, and came to New Zealand in the Sir Edward Paget (1850). He was for many years farming and sawmilling in Marlborough and Taranaki. In 1874-75 he represented Queen Charlotte Sound in the Marlborough Provincial Council, and was a member of the executive. Dive lived for 20 years in Auckland, where his death occurred on 13 Jul 1928.

A son, BRADSHAW DIVE (1865-), was mayor of Eltham and of Tauranga (1919-25), and M.H.R. for Egmont (1908-11).

Marlborough P.C. Proc; Who's Who N.Z., 1932.

Reference: Volume 1, page 121

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