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Falconer Larkworthy
Investor · 1833–1928
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About Falconer Larkworthy
Falconer Larkworthy was a banker whose work connected New Zealand’s developing economy with London’s financial community. After managing the Oriental Bank’s Auckland branch, he helped establish the Bank of New Zealand’s presence during the Otago gold rush and later served as its London manager. He also helped develop the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company and chaired the Ionian Bank from 1900.
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Read quote → ✓Source verified“The Otira Gorge ... forms a tract of the most enchanting scenery in the Colony, not to be equalled by anything of a similar kind I have yet seen in any part of the world.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“It’s the duty of the State and the State alone to issue as much currency as the community needs.”
