Frederick Tuckett (1807–1876) was a New Zealand surveyor, explorer and

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agent. He was born in

Frenchay Frenchay is a village in the County of South Gloucestershire, England, and the Civil Parish of Winterbourne. It is on the outskirts to the north east of the city of Bristol. Frenchay was first recorded in 1257 as ''Fromscawe'' and later as '' ...

, Gloucestershire, England in about 1807. He surveyed

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and

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

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1807 births 1876 deaths New Zealand explorers English emigrants to New Zealand Explorers of New Zealand {{NewZealand-bio-stub