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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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• Tobacco

  The growth and production of tobacco brought wealth, jobs and growth to Motueka and was integral to the social fabric of the district for more than 70 years....

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• The Hop Centre of New Zealand

  At the centre of a good beer lies quality aromatic hops and, as luck would have it, the early English and German settlers to Nelson found the region...

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• Picton Cement Works

  There was a time when Picton[sitetree_link,id=195] was a busy industrial town, with the fishing industry, sardine cannery, freezing works, railway workshops and whaling station within reach, wharves serving overseas...

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• Mussel harvesting in the Marlborough Sounds

  Linkwater farmer John Collins worked up to 23 hours a day when he worked in Marlborough’s mussel industry in the early 1980s.  “In those days the industry was...

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