Terry_McCashin

Terry McCashin

Terry McCashin

Rugby player

Terence Michael McCashin (18 January 1944 – 31 October 2017) was a New Zealand businessman who, together with his wife, founded the country's first craft brewery, McCashin's Brewery, in 1981 in Nelson.

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He also represented the country in rugby union, playing seven matches for the All Blacks.[1][2]

McCashin owned land in the Port Hills in Christchurch and started negotiating in 2016 with the Summit Road Society, a Port Hills protection society, about the sale of that land. The Summit Road Society purchased the 233 hectares (580 acres) in October 2018 from McCashin's estate.[3]

Personal life

McCashin died on 31 October 2017, aged 73. He is survived by wife Beverley and their five children.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Nelson craft beer pioneer Terry McCashin dies". Stuff. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Mac's founder Terry McCashin has died". The New Zealand Herald. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. [3]
    Fletcher, Jack (5 October 2018). "'Exciting' day for Christchurch as 233 hectares of Port Hills land purchased for public access". Stuff. Retrieved 4 May 2019.


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