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
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Stories

1. Phyllis Field
   Phyllis Field has strong memories of the Griffins Factory in Nelson and family life in Richmond read more
2. Captain Edward Fearon
   Captain Edward Fearon was one of Motueka's pioneer settlers who became known as the King of Motueka read more
3. Frederick Trolove
   Frederick Trolove, 1831-1880, was an early European settler who established Woodbank Run, located south of the Clarence River. read more
4. Dr Thomas Renwick
   Dr Thomas Renwick was an industrious settler and prominent figure in early Marlborough and Nelson read more
5. The Renwick family
   The Marlborough Museum Archives collection has digitised hundreds of letters donated by Annie Ball, which relate to the life of Dr Thomas Renwick’s fa... read more
6. William Adams
   Eton and Oxford educated barrister, William Adams was a leading voice for the Wairau’s discontented settlers and became the province’s first Superinte... read more
7. James Wynen
   The story of James Wynen, Blenheim's first storekeeper, is tinged with tragedy and mystery. read more
8. James Sinclair
   Born in Caithness, in the north of Scotland, James Sinclair was described as a clear-headed, strong-minded Scotsman, who, by his dominating personalit... read more
9. William Eyes
   A cast of hardworking ‘alpha’ men dominated the early days of settlement in the Wairau. And none was more keen to get to the top than William Henry E... read more
10. Joseph Ward
    Joseph Ward, an early settler of of Nelson and later Marlborough, was a diarist, runholder and forthright politician. read more