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 McCashin's Brewery, also known as Mac's Brewery in the past, is a small brewery based in Nelson, New Zealand. It was founded in 1980/81 by one of the pioneers of craft brewing, Terry McCashin, who produced the well-known Mac's beer. Today it ...

, in 1981 in

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. He also represented the country in rugby union, playing seven matches for the

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. McCashin owned land in the

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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 in October 2018 from McCashin's estate.

Personal life

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

References

1944 births 2017 deaths New Zealand people of Irish descent New Zealand brewers New Zealand international rugby union players Rugby union players from Palmerston North Place of death missing Horowhenua-Kapiti rugby union players Wellington rugby union players King Country rugby union players Marlborough rugby union players Rugby union hookers People educated at Horowhenua College {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1940s-stub