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.

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• 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. Albert Nalder
   Albert McCormick Nalder was a dedicated and skilfull seaman, who served his country in World War I and II and mastered vessels around the challenging ... read more
2. Roy Sowman's Lodge
   In the early 1950s, Roy Sowman built a modest edifice on the edge of Neiman Creek on the Waimea estuary. read more
3. Albert Branton Doidge
   Albert Branton Doidge was the first of eight Stoke men known to have died fighting in World War One. read more
4. Robert Tod of Todds Valley
   Robert Tod was a Scottish merchant, shipbroker and commission agent who came to New Zealand to buy land. He overextended himself, but his name is reme... read more
5. Dick Roberts
   Photographer, teacher and experimental farmer, Dick Roberts, is regarded as a leader of the organic and alternative lifestyle movement in New Zealand. read more
6. Charles Yates Fell and his Memorial
   Charles Yates Fell was a significant Nelson character in the late 1800's, as Mayor and artist. A memorial to him was erected in Tahuna. read more
7. Sydney Grey Davis
   Sydney Grey Davis, 1896-1917, is one of the eight Stoke men known to have died in World War One. read more
8. Ernest Guy Giblin
   Ernest Guy Giblin, 1892-1916, is one of the eight Stoke men known to have died in World War One read more
9. Leslie George Ching
   Leslie George Ching, 1892-1919, is one of the eight Stoke men known to have died in World War One. He is commemorated on the Stoke Memorial Gates. read more
10. Albert Edward Cresswell
    Albert Edward Cresswell, 1882-1916, is one of the eight Stoke men known to have died in World War One. read more