The Irish went to New Zealand in search for gold at Arrow-town where a river of the same name glistened with a similar sheen as one of Shakespeare's caskets in The Merchant of Venice.
Portia ended up marrying Antonio, if it had been set in Central Otago she might well have met a Paddy, but, not long after they arrived, the precious metal disappeared.
One of them opened a bakery in Cromwell, a nearby town called after Oliver, Irelands most hated Englishman before Charles Trevelayan.