THE FAULL FAMILY
Richard and Elizabeth FAULL sailed on the 311 ton Barque, “William Bryan”
from Plymouth, England, on November 19, 1840, arriving at New Plymouth
on 31st March, 1841. They travelled with their five children, Richard (12yrs),
Catherine (10yrs), Mary (7yrs), Elizabeth (5yrs) and Henry (4yrs). The Plymouth
Company had organised this first voyage of Colonists from England to New
Plymouth.
Richard Faull had been a mineral miner in Cornwall and was used to hard
work and he with the other settlers from the William Bryan, built a house, store
house and bridge over the Huatoki stream. With the winter weather, many of
their processions were drenched as the thatched roofs could not withstand the
torrential rain.
Richard died in 1844, and Elizabeth was left to care for the five children. Henry,
the youngest, joined the British Militia which were involved with the Maori
land wars. As a result of this military service, Henry was allocated a land grant
of 80 acres at Tikorangi.
In 1867, Henry and his family moved to Tikorangi to break in the land. Much of
his time was spent removing the trees and establishing a fertile land structure.
Henry married Mary Rebecca ANDREWS in 1863 and had 10 children. Their 6th
child, Lewis Nathaniel, continued to farm the 80 acres which Henry had been
allocated.
Lewis married Blanche Eleanor ROLFE and had eight children. Blanche Rolfe
was ¼ Maori and was entitled to 20 acres of land in Tikorangi. This added to
Henry’s grant and gave the Faull family 100 acres of land in Tikorangi.
Lewis and Blanche farmed the 100 acres and their
children assisted with the organisation of the farm.
However there were only 2 boys in the family, Wilfred
and Max.
Both boys joined the Queen Alexander Mounted
Rifles, which was a home guard militia. When war
was declared, Max volunteered to join the regular
Army. He quickly became promoted to Lieutenant and
was Commander in the 21st Battalion, B Company,
11 Platoon in Libya. On November 22, 1941, he was
killed by German sniper fire.
Wilfred, being the only male left, was given the
responsibility of running the 100 acre farm. His Mother,
Blanche, arranged a 20 year lease to a sharemilker until
the future of the children was established.
Eventually, Wilfred handed over the control of the farm
and it’s operations to Gavin, his 3rd son who had the
acumen and expertise with his accounting and business
background to efficiently develop and maintain the
farming operation.
When Wilfred died in 2000, Gavin assumed full
responsibility for the Faull farm operation. The last 10
years has seen substantial development and investment
in the Faull Farms Limited dairy farm operation in
Tikorangi and the farm and its operation have become
industry benchmarks in the New Zealand dairy industry.
The Faull Family are now becoming fifth generation
dairy farmers in Tikorangi as the children of the present
owners become involved. Faull Farms Limited is owned
and supported by the five sons of Wilfred Lewis and
Phyllis Thelma Faull namely Allan M Faull ( Academic
Dean at Auckland Grammar School ), Professor Richard
L M Faull ( Professor of Anatomy, Auckland Medical
School, University of Auckland and Director the Centre
of Brain Research ) Gavin M Faull ( Chairman, President
and Owner of Swiss-Belhotel International and
international businessman ) The Venerable Bernard M
Faull ( Archdeacon, Registrar and Administrator of the
Anglican Diocese of Wellington ) and Nigel H M Faull
( CEO of a retirement complex in Brisbane ). Although
members of the Faull Family are no longer resident in
Tikorangi, with their farming operation they take an
active part in the community supporting the local rugby
club, St Lukes Church, education development and
other local activities.
