The Island Bay portion was subdivided by the partners and offered for sale by auction by Messrs. Bethune & Co., in March, 1879 ..."[10] Hunter also had a farm in Te Aro, which is now part of the Wellington central business district.
[11] Hunter had a further 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) farm in Porangahau in the Hawke's Bay Region, which he took up in circa 1854.
Hunter lived in Wellington, and the Porangahau farm was run by his brothers David and William.
[12] A chapel built by Hunter in the 1870s near the homestead is registered as a Category II heritage structure.
[14] Hunter was married to a sister of Major James Paul, who was later Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives (1877–1880).
[9] Hunter died after a short illness at his home in Wellington's Dixon Street on 6 August 1880.