While a city street and a rural road carry the name Field in Whanganui, it's the name of the father remembered in both.
Henry Claylands Field (1825-1912) was born in Hampshire, England, and arrived in New Zealand in 1851, joining a number of surveyors active in the Wellington district at the time.
He settled in Whanganui soon after and one of his first tasks was the building and operation of a flour mill at Waitotara.
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Roading was another area he was responsible for and he later surveyed and saw the formation of Fields Track which connect the town and Karioi in the Waimarino.