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. Ngaire Lane
   Ngaire Galloway, who has lived in Nelson since the 1950's, is currently New Zealand's oldest living Olympian - as a swimmer competing in the 1948 Lond... read more
2. Sergeant John Nash
   Sergeant John Nash of Nelson was the first non-commissioned member of the newly formed national, civil Police Force on 1 September 1886. He had the nu... read more
3. Dr. Francis Arnot Blackadder Bett (1873-1957)
   Doctor and Nelson-based collector of historical material. After World War I he began collecting materials relating to the history of Nelson province a... read more
4. Charles Harrington Broad 1872-1959
   Charles Broad was the son of Judge Lowther Broad and headmaster of Nelson College 1922-33. read more
5. John Sharp 1828 - 1919
   Resident Magistrate at the time of the Maungatapu Murders, builder of Fellworth House and one-time Mayor. read more
6. The Dobson family in early Blenheim history
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7. The Rose family - Music and Methodism
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