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• William Fox

  New Zealand Company agent, artist, explorer, Premier  A qualified lawyer, William Fox sailed to New Zealand on the George Fyffe with his wife Sarah, arriving in Wellington on 7...

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• Betty McCallum

  1986-1989 Richmond Borough Councillor   Betty McCallum Betty McCallum. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: 3369A. Betty McCallum served one term on the Richmond Borough Council (1986-1989). Born in Gisborne in 1935,...

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• The New Zealand Company, Nelson Settlement and the Tenths Reserves

  The New Zealand Land Company, commonly known as the New Zealand Company, was a commercial colonising enterprise formalised in England in 1837.  Its intention was to buy tracts of land...

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• Mahitahi River

  The traditional name for the river flowing through Nelson City was “Mahitahi”, truncated to “Maitai” from early colonial times.  For centuries the Maitai Valley has been an important access...

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