 Those with national recognition in NZ were Richmond Beetham a NZ artist and senior Magistrate of Christchurch, William Henry Beetham a NZ wine pioneer  who together with his French wife Marie Zelie Hermance Frere Beetham  planted the first pinot noir grapes in NZ in 1888 at their Lansdowne vineyard in Masterton, The wine was tasted by Romeo Bragato the famous viticulturist who considered it exceptional.George Beetham a NZ politician and alpinist who was one of the first Pākehā to discover the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu.His daughter Mary–Margaret Beetham married James Nelson Williams, a notable orchardist and entrepreneur of the early New Zealand colony and the son of William Williams.