Newsletter  (2014)  Page(s) 54. Vol 35, No. 2.  
 
Olga Yuretich. Along this, NZ's first road (built in 1830), we will travel from Paihia to Waimate North. Here John Bedggood, a wheelwright brought out from Kent with his family in 1839, made NZ's first wheeled vehicle, and built the first private mill (1851) creating an industry of milling flour for the shipping trade.

Book  (2012)  Page(s) 33.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Eliza Bedggood'. This is another rambler from 'Thornfree Wonder', possibly crossed with 'Sparrieshoop'. Described by Ken as lavender pink with a white centre and few if any thorns, it is summer flowering. Its flowers are small, with about 28 blooms per cluster. Today it would be described as semi-double with 15 petals per bloom. He was proud enough of this rose to offer them for sale at the Bedggood family reunion in 1986, where he offered them at $10 per plant with 50% going to the Church Missionary Society or some other charity. I had never seen the rose, but the wonders of the internet put me in touch with the Bedggood family still farming at Te Waitmate. There I was able to photograph the rose, but it was towards the end of the season so I was unable to assess its full glory.