JULIUS VOGELSir Julius Vogel (1835–99) was founder-editor of the Otago Daily Times before entering politics and rising to serve at cabinet level in the New Zealand Government between 1868 and 1888. He led a programme of economic and infrastructural development tat proved crucial to New Zealand's establishment as an independent nation. Julius Vogel was Prime Minister in 1873–75 and again in 1876, and was knighted in 1875. Read More Read Less