Together with his friend and business partner John Acland, he was the first to use the Canterbury high country for sheep farming.

[1] He was called to the bar on 30 April 1853[2] and introduced his friend, John Acland,[3] to members of the Canterbury Association, who proposed the organised settlement of Canterbury in New Zealand with Anglican ideals; introductions included those to James FitzGerald and John Robert Godley.

[3] Acland and Tripp gave up their profession and emigrated to New Zealand in 1854 in the Royal Stuart to become sheep farmers.

[6] Their partnership was dissolved in October 1862, and Tripp retained Orari Gorge and Mount Somers.

[1] In the same ceremony, the Bishop's second daughter, Mary Anna Harper, married Charles Blakiston.

His ailing father did not believe the stories of success, so Tripp instructed his agent to sell Orari Gorge Station and transfer the money to England as proof.