Thorndon, Wellington.

Andrew knocked once on Colonel Wakefield's door and paused.

"Enter," Wakefield responded.

He saw the colonel was absorbed in writing a letter.

Wakefield was frustrated and again corresponding to the Board of Directors over the latest news. Governor Hobson had decided to make the town of Auckland the capital of New Zealand. What a preposterous notion, thought Wakefield. Its location in the north was totally unsuitable and ...