The people of the Top of the South

Stories about the people who have played a significant, or interesting, role in the history and life of the top of the South Island of New Zealand.

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• Suffragettes - Kate Edger and Mary Ann Muller
• Thomas and James Marsden of Isel Park
• Abel Tasman
• Maori Rescues (Huria Matenga)
• Chaffeys and asbestos
• Isel Park (Thomas Marsden)
• Ship Cove and Captain Cook
• Notable Women (from Nelson City Council website)
• Albert Charles Jennings and Anzac Old Boys (Boer War, WWI, WWII)
• Eileen Duggan
• Jens Hansen
• Dumont D'Urville's Tasman Bay Odyssey
• Joy Cowley
• Ernest Rutherford's early life
• Newman Brothers
• Tamati Pirimona Marino
• Wiremu Kingi Te Koihua
• Te Puoho ki Te Rangi
• George Batt - Drover and Bullocky
• Tyree Brothers

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Stories

1. Effie and Ralphine Richardson
   Effie and her daughter Ralphine were two early women settlers in the Nelson area. read more
2. Thomas Cawthron
   A self-made man who used his considerable fortune to make many gifts to his adopted city, Nelson. Thomas Cawthron has left many enduring legacies, inc... read more
3. Matthew Campbell
   Matthew Campbell is typical of many of the early Nelson immigrants. He flourished in the egalitarian colonial society he settled in, and was instrumen... read more
4. John Kidson 1808-1875
   Gardener, Nelson settler, participant in Wairau Affray and New Zealand Company agitator. read more
5. Appo Hocton
   It was an unconventional arrival for New Zealand’s first Chinese immigrant in 1842..... read more
6. Timber Pioneers
   William Brownlee and Edward Baigent, were two of Marlborough/Nelson’s most successful sawmillers. Generations of both families continued to work in th... read more
7. Samuel Stephens
   Surveyor Samuel Stephens made many significant contributions to the development of the province and his collection of journals and letters provide a v... read more
8. Thomas Brunner
   Surveyor and explorer. read more
9. Charles Heaphy
   Draughtsman, explorer, water colourist. read more
10. Sarah and John Danforth Greenwood
    Successful, busy Motueka colonists... read more