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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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• Grant Palliser

  Grant Palliser was born in Christchurch 6 October 1949. Palliser's attention was first drawn to art when he was eight years old. His uncle painted copies of calendar reproductions: which...

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• Flooding on the Wairau Plain

  Blenheim and the Wairau floodplain have experienced at least one damaging flood every decade since European settlement. In the early days, floods occurred so often and flood control works...

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• Nelson’s Early Churches

  The first settlers to Nelson brought with them a variety of religious beliefs and backgrounds. The system of hierarchy and emphasis on religion in immigrants' homelands were important, and...

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• Ann Bird

  One of the first women ashore from the ship Fifeshire in 1842, Ann Bird (nee Wilkins) and carpenter husband Reuben were ready for a fresh start in a...

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