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• People

  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...

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• Ahumāra - Māori horticulture

  The first Māori immigrants, who came from much warmer climes in the Pacific, were forced to adapt their horticultural methods quickly in order to survive. Kūmara, in particular, required...

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• Charles Heaphy

  Artist, draughtsman and explorer The young Charles Heaphy was initially employed by the New Zealand Company as an artist and draughtsman, but his duties were varied and included helping to chart...

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• Tūmanako Project Murals

  The murals which are sited on the Maitai/ Mahitahi River Esplanade, beside Trafalgar Park, were created by local rangatahi under the theme of tūmanako (hope) as part of the Tūmanako...

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• Pakihi - Māori and Business

  Māori started trading with Europeans from the late 18th Century: with Captain Cook’s crews in the 1770s, Bellingshausen’s Russian expedition in 1820, D'Urville’s officers and men in 1827, and whalers and sealers in the 1820s...

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