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• The Murchison Earthquake

  *Shaky Ground* For centuries before Europeans arrived, Māori had experienced rū whenua - ‘the shaking of the land'. According to Māori tradition, earthquakes are caused by the god Rūaumoko (or...

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• The Nelson piecart

  About 1926 or 1927 our father S.J. [Jim] Samuels finished his sixth form year at Ashburton High School. He went to work at Clark's nurseries in Ashburton. He...

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• Boulder Bank Stories

  1. Kupe, Kereopa and Pani - the creation of the Boulder Bank at Whakatū *Re-discovery of Aotearoa *There is no mention of the Boulder Bank in the stories of Rākaihautū,...

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• Nelson Street Names

  When the first settlers arrived in Nelson in 1841 under the Wakefield Company settlement plan, the first committee they set up was the street naming committee. Unfortunately it proved...

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• St John The Evangelist Church at Hira

  The Anglican Church of St John at Hira, formerly known as Happy Valley,1 sits on an acre of land donated by Mr. Hugh Martin. The site for St...

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