Business Interests
Prior to coming to New Zealand, Hunter had worked for a major mercantile establishment in Aberdeen. He moved to London where he worked as a merchant until leaving in 1839 for New Zealand with the New Zealand Company.
He was in business on Willis Street with Kenneth Bethune as general and shipping merchants, and lived in Tinakori Road, where Premier House was later built. Hunter was the Storemaster-General of the New Zealand Company In April 1840 he was appointed as a Director of the Wellington Branch of the Union Bank of Australia. In 1841 Hunter was appointed to the Committee of the New Zealand Flax Association.
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