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The Prichard Family Crest & Coat of Arms?
I believe Evan Prichard (1822-1880) is the grandson of Rev. Richard Prichard. Full details on pages 136 here.
The Prichard family descended from Einion ap Collwyn who was a Welsh prince and warrior in the eleventh century. Einion's decedents include the Gibbon family of Trecastell, Llanharry, Glamorgan. Evan ap Richard, second son of Richard Gibbon was the first of this branch. He married Gwenllian, heiress of William Thomas of Collenna, and settled there in about 1500. The estate then descended in the male line, with the Prichard surname becoming established with Evan Prichard. Evan Prichard was the ancestor in the male line of the Rev. Richard Prichard, vicar of Llanganand Port Eynon and senior vicar of Llandaff Cathedral.
Einion's Arms were 3 fleurs de lis argent with a Chevroon argent in a field sable, the Crest a blue boars head.
William Gordon Bell
William Gordon Bell, born in Dumfries and Galloway in 1784 arrived in Nelson with his family in 1847, They had spent the previous six years in Wanganui, endeavouring to establish a home and farm in a climate of Maori hostility to the land buying proceedings of the New Zealand Company agents.
"Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844" by Edward Jerningham Wakefield covers some of the Bell Families experiences emigrating to New Zealand (pages 9,132-135). "on one occasion when E Waku had brought a large troop of attendants, and threatened to commit some violence, the old man had called his stalwart sons to his side, and taking up a spade or a ploughshare, had said, in broad Scotch, while his resolute looks and prepared attitude interpreted his words into a universally intelligible language, “ Dinna ye think to touch a thing that's here noo ; for if ye do, by the God that's abune us, I'll cleave ye to the grund ! A bargain's a bargain; I've paid ye richt “ and fair ; and I'll gar ye keep to it." And then E Waka would look frightened ; and begin to think his good daily meal was better than a blow of old Bell's weapon ; and peace was soon restored. .