Alfred Buckland

Alfred Buckland (17 December 1825 – 12 June 1903) was a New Zealand landowner, auctioneer, farmer, pastoralist and businessman.

His house, Highwic, is registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure, with registration number 18.

Alfred and his wife Eliza arrived in New Zealand on the Sir Edward Paget in December 1850.

[6] Buckland supplied horses to the British troops during the New Zealand Wars and along with James Banks, Thomas Morrin and then-Mayor of Auckland J. McCocsh Clark sold off a piece of land near Ellerslie Racecourse to the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

[6] In the 1880s, Buckland bought extensive lands around Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula (Kaipara South Head), where he established a cattle run.