The people of the Top of the South

Stories about the people who have played a significant, or interesting, role in the history and life of the top of the South Island of New Zealand.

See related stories on this site:

• Suffragettes - Kate Edger and Mary Ann Muller
• Thomas and James Marsden of Isel Park
• Abel Tasman
• Maori Rescues (Huria Matenga)
• Chaffeys and asbestos
• Isel Park (Thomas Marsden)
• Ship Cove and Captain Cook
• Notable Women (from Nelson City Council website)
• Albert Charles Jennings and Anzac Old Boys (Boer War, WWI, WWII)
• Eileen Duggan
• Jens Hansen
• Dumont D'Urville's Tasman Bay Odyssey
• Joy Cowley
• Ernest Rutherford's early life
• Newman Brothers
• Tamati Pirimona Marino
• Wiremu Kingi Te Koihua
• Te Puoho ki Te Rangi
• George Batt - Drover and Bullocky
• Tyree Brothers

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Stories

1. Nellie Nightingale
   Nellie Nightingale's name lives on in her bequest of a memorial library to the people of Tahunanui. She was a colourful character. read more
2. Jenny Hitchings
   Jenny Hitchings was the children's librarian at Nelson Library from 1965 to 1986, spanning the time when it moved from a subscription to a free, publi... read more
3. Sir Stanley Whitehead
   Sir Stanley Whitehead was as active as a politician, both locally and nationally, as he had always proved to be on the sports field in his younger day... read more
4. Charles Lowe
   Charles Lowe was an entrepreneur, inventor and farmer who transformed the raspberry and tobacco industries in the Motueka region. read more
5. Arthur Wakefield
   Captain Arthur Wakefield was a key figure in the settlement of the Nelson region, until his death in the Wairau Affray. read more
6. A.R. Kingsford
   Reg Kingsford was a Nelson photographer and World War 1 fighter pilot and well-known airman. read more
7. Isaac Jacobsen - colonial Nelson architect and builder
   J.S.M. Jacobsen, architect, builder, geologist and prospector, was one of Nelson's early unsung heroes. read more
8. Ching and Chisnall families
   These two families were amongst Nelson's earliest settlers. read more
9. Captain F.G. Moore
   Captain Frederick George Moore was not a great man. He was blamed for sinking the Fifeshire and was involved with many failed venture, but he did disc... read more
10. James Marsden and his Isel Farm
    James Marsden inherited the Isel Estate in 1876 and developed a highly successful farming enterprise. read more