George's next wife was Riria's niece, Pare Pikake Huihui (known as Te Poi), who was 26 years younger than George. She already had a son named Edward Karitiana who was born in 1896, but he died in 1905 aged 9 years. There were 2 children born to this relationship. Mary Karaka Materoa Boyd was born on 23 August 1899 and Te Rui Tapita Maiti Boyd was born on 12 June 1902 . They continued to run the store at Omaewa with some success right up to 1910, and George was able to make further land purchases in Port Awanui. In 1902 he purchased Maraetai . This was a a property of 72 acres, on the Northern bank of the Waiapu River, midway between Tikitiki and Rangitukia. The house was large and even boasted its own ballroom. Pare was an enthusiastic gardener and developed magnificent grounds around the home, often travelling to Auckland to return with unusal shrubs and trees.
When George's only surviving brother, Johnnie was accidentally killed in May,1910, George was bequeathed his brother's house at 309 Market Street, Hastings and his brother's interests in crown leased land in Inland Patea totalling about 36,000 acres. (Makokomiko -10,000 acres, Timahanga - 26,000 acres)
In order to manage these properties, George ,Pare, Stanley, Mary and Te Rui shifted to the Market Street house and remained there until 1916. Te Rui died in 1914, aged 11 years and was buried with her uncle Johnnie in the Hastings cemetery. George and his sons, Arthur, Gordon and Stanley managed the leases for many years, Arthur farming up to 1933 when the rabbit epidemic coupled with the depression finally ended the Boyd's farming of Inland Patea.
About 1913, George bought 30 acres of land which he called Greenmeadows Hills at Poraiti, overlooking the Napier inner harbour. He later subdivided this into 22 sections which he sold in 1915. In 1916 , the Maraetai property was sold and during the next few years, George and Pare enjoyed several extended overseas trips and even purchased a property in Rose Bay, Sydney where they often spent long holidays. In 1921 they purchased a large property in Duke Street, Hastings where they lived for 3 years, until 1924, when they shifted to Silverford, a mansion with 90 acres of land, on Dartmoor Road, Puketapu.This was a fabulous property, designed by the famous Hastings architect, C.T. Natusch, and boasting several wings to the mansion, an inner courtyard and park-like surrounds including a man-made lake. With George's overseas trips he had accumulated numerous artifacts but his passion was collecting pistols and muskets. When the authorities learned of this collection, they tried to impose heavy taxes on him, but George would have nothing of this. The collection mysteriously disappeared, invoking a plethora of rumours and searches which continued for several decades after George had died.George was an avid reader, and had alledgedly travelled around the world 3 times. He did not follow his fathers religious zeal, and was in fact agnostic, having no belief in God. His achievements in life included being a soldier, a sheep farmer, a shopkeeper and a property owner. He had been an active member of the Turanganui Masonic Lodge and took an active interest in local politics.
George lived out his last years in the peace and beauty of Silverford. His youngest daughter, Mary was married at Silverford, to Dr E.P. Ellison on 10th October, 1928. When the Napier Earthquake struck the area on 7th February 1931, a whole wing of the homestead along with numerous chimneys collapsed. Mary's eldest daughter , Eleanor had been staying with her grandparents when the earthquake struck. Everyone was so terrified, they ran from the home, leaving Eleanor behind. George went back inside and rescued her. On the 14th December 1933, George died at Silverford, aged 86 years old. In his newspaper obituary it describes George as" An example of that early generation of strong, healthy and virile pioneers who, overcoming the difficulties and the hardships and ignoring the inconveniences of the early days, helped by dint of hard manual toil and honest sweat to make the East Coast of New Zealand what it is today."
Biography by Ivan and Stephanie Hughes with a few added details by Thomas Brons.