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• Nelson essentials - water and sewage

  ‘Bright pure water’ and sewage New Zealand’s early cities reeked of rotting rubbish, dead animals and excrement, and water sources were often contaminated. By contrast, Māori settlements were hygienic, with special sites for toilets and for dumping rubbish, and...

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• Early Wakefield

  It is believed that Wakefield (originally known as Pitfure)1 was named after the Yorkshire birthplace of an early settler, William Hough; however it is also widely accepted that the...

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• Collingwood Library

  “At 3 am the Collingwood Institute and Library  ... burned down, nothing being saved. The Institute was an old building but the Library is a new one, and...

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• Nelson's hidden shoreline

  Normal 0 false false false EN-NZ X-NONE X-NONE Download MP3 [9 MB] This is a continuation of the Tracing the Tideway...

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• The Greig Brother's of Dillons Point; Early Settlers of Beaver Station

  Settlers came from all walks of life and all nations when the New Zealand Company[sitetree_link,id=113] began promoting farmlands ripe for the picking in Aotearoa. Two Scottish boys, aged in...

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