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• Construction of Rocks Road and sea wall

  *Rocky Road to Completion* When Frederick Tuckett, the chief surveyor of the New Zealand Company, was setting out the plan for Nelson, the only viable access to the farmlands...

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• Baton Valley Gold

  *Good as Gold: The Baton* The remote Baton, at the base of Mount Arthur[mount-arthur/] (Tu ao Wharepapa), once had two hotels, a shop, Post Office and a racecourse. It is thought the...

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• Captain F.G. Moore

  Captain Frederick George Moore was not a great man and never claimed to be. He was blamed for sinking the Fifeshire[wreck-of-the-fifeshire/] and was involved with many failed ventures, but...

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• Searching for Metapere

  It is now more than 15 years since Kate Mitchell published an account of the search for a Māori tupuna in the family, who turned out to be...

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• Ching and Chisnall families

  Richard Ching was born 11 July 1811 in England to Cornish parents -  William Ching and Mary Vague. Richard was aged 12 when both his father, aged 40...

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