Enterprise

The top of the South Island has long been an area of enterprise and ingenuity. These are stories about those enterprises - business, farming, fishing, industry; and the infrastructure which has supported them.

See related stories on this site:

• Waikoropupu Springs and Hydro Walkway
• Timber Pioneers - Brownlee and Baigent
• Maori horticultural skills and their soils
• Maori and Business
• Pakohe - Argillite
• The lime and marble of Takaka Hill
• Sealords
• Edwin Fox
• Literary Nelson - books and newspapers
• Albert Tuffnell
• Colonial furniture makers in Nelson

Stories

1. The Star and Garter Hotel and the Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade
   Richmond's Star and Garter Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in New Zealand still operating on its original site and still using its original name. Th... read more
2. The Town that Wilkes Built and a Lucky Escape from Friendly Fire
   The firm of W.E Wilkes is synonymous with house building in Richmond. read more
3. Croucher's Flour Mill and Bakehouse
   Crouchers supplied bread to the people of Richmond for 80 years, operating from 1873 to 1945 read more
4. Guinness comes to the Top of the South
   The renowned Irish Guinness family and their equally famous stout have a strong connection to the Nelson, Tasman, and Golden Bay regions, dating back ... read more
5. Griffin's Factory in Nelson
   For just under 120 years, the Griffins Factory was a landmark in Nelson and a big part of the city's economy. read more
6. The SS Janie Seddon – laid to rust
   The story behind the rusting ship hull on the mud flats at Motueka. read more