Re: Joseph Wheatley HARDISTY b. 1855 Kent. Eng.....

Hi Julie
I think this is probably your man.Joseph Hardisty age 18 of Kent, labourer, a single man aboard ship 'Buckinghamshire' left London 8 March 1874 arrived Port Chalmers 29 May 1874.Port Chalmers is the port for Dunedin.
The website address for this is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb/~ourstuff/Buckinghamshire.htmhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb/~ourstuff/Buckinghamshire.htm

Of interest, a single woman Mary Hardisty sailed to Lyttleton (port for Christchurch) on ship 'Strathallan' arriving 21 Jan 1859.

Good luck