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Kirwee Memorial to Colonel de Renzie James Brett
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TitleKirwee Memorial to Colonel de Renzie James Brett
DescriptionPeople gather around the memorial to Colonel de Renzie James Brett in Kirwee.
Original title: Memorial to a pioneer of irrigation in Canterbury Province.
Original caption: 'Erected by the residents of Kirwee, in order to record their appreciation of a valuable service, this memorial to Colonel de Renzie James Brett, prime mover in introducing the water-race system to the plains of Canterbury, was recently unveiled. It in the form of an arch under which flows one of the first watercourses constructed in the Province. People can be seen standing by the memorial.'Date1930SourceSupplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 12 February 1930, p.44PhotographerGreen and Hahn
DescriptionPeople gather around the memorial to Colonel de Renzie James Brett in Kirwee.Original title: Memorial to a pioneer of irrigation in Canterbury Province.
Original caption: 'Erected by the residents of Kirwee, in order to record their appreciation of a valuable service, this memorial to Colonel de Renzie James Brett, prime mover in introducing the water-race system to the plains of Canterbury, was recently unveiled. It in the form of an arch under which flows one of the first watercourses constructed in the Province. People can be seen standing by the memorial.'
Date1930SourceSupplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 12 February 1930, p.44PhotographerGreen and HahnConnections
PlaceKō O Te Upoko KirweeImageMonument to Colonel James de Renzie BrettMore InformationSee the original source of this image
ImageMonument to Colonel James de Renzie BrettMore InformationSee the original source of this imageAttribution
Taken From Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19300212-44-04
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Kirwee Memorial to Colonel de Renzie James Brett (1930). Selwyn Stories, accessed 15/06/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/7059