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• Sarau and the German Settlers of the Moutere district

  Growing Sarau from the German Roots up The 12,000 mile voyage of the St. Pauli from Hamburg, Germany to Nelson, New Zealand, in 1843 resulted in the eventual establishment...

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• Mātauranga - Māori and education

  Pre-European Māori learned by oral methods which developed strong memory skills and powerful oratory. Early European visitors and settlers admired Māori intelligence. Dieffenbach (1839) wrote: Greenwood, Sarah: The Motueka...

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• The Reays in Brightwater

  The rise of George Reay, with the support of Elizabeth Ann, from a modest butcher in the North East of England to a significant property owner in New...

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• Florence Knight

  A true Nelsonian Florence Knight died in Nelson in 1973. In this affectionate tribute her great nephew Robin Knight, an international journalist for more than 30 years, describes her...

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• The Rose family - Music and Methodism

  Many Marlborough families can trace their roots back to John Rose (1835- 1903), who arrived in Nelson from Nottinghamshire, England in February 1858.  In 1866, he married Ellen Gifford...

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