Hello Sue and Rob,
I have had a look on Ancestry and here is what I have found on William James Corkill in New Zealand.
1875 – 1876 NZ Electoral Roll – Thames.
1905 – 1906 NZ Electoral Roll - Kaipara, Northland.
Corkill, Frederick, Aratapu, engineer.
Corkill, Lena, Aratapu, domestic duties.
Corkill, Henry, Aratapu, baker.
Corkill, William James, Aratapu, baker.
Corkill, Annetta, Aratapu, domestic duties.
Corkill, William, Aratapu, baker.
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1881/6044 Corkill William Annetta William James.
(this Birth of Son, William in 1881......would be worth getting, as my Grandmothers Birth in 1882 - named Her Fathers Birthplace.)
1919 - NZ Electoral Roll – Auckland.
Corkill, William James & Annetta.
William James Corkill.
Death : 14 Feb 1923.
The Drive, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
Mount Wesley Cemetery.
Also known as: Dargaville Cemetery.
32 Mt Wesley Coast Rd.
Dargaville.
Kaipara District.
Northland New Zealand.
Headstones : Mt.Wesley Cemetery, Dargaville (Old Section) page 16.
314.
ARTHUR PENRY LEWIS who was accidentally drowned 10 December 1910 aged 32 years ; also ROB ;. also WILLIAM JAMES CORKILL died 14 February 1923 aged 78 years; and ANNETTA CORKILL died 4. January 1930 aged 82 years, (Also initials in concrete): A. C.
Averil