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• Fishing in Nelson

  A short history of fishing in Nelson Fish bones in middens around Nelson testify that seafood was an important protein source for pre-European Māori, while stones used to weigh...

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• RSS The Prow stories

  RSS The Prow stories more about RSS[help/#RSS] The people of the Top of the South    Events     Places     Enterprise     Society     &si=&ei=read+more&sd=%22stories_teaser%22>&ed=&linkno=1&vcode=2442893700" target="_blank" title="Arts">Arts     Māori     Your Story      

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• New Zealand's first rugby club

  On 30 May 1868 a notable event occurred in the small town of Nelson: the formation of The Nelson Football Club which, within two years, became the Nelson Rugby Football Club. This was...

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• Rev. T.D. Nicholson

  The Rev. Thomas Dickson Nicholson was the first Presbyterian Minister of Nelson and Marlborough. Rev. T.D. Nicholson Rev. T.D. Nicholson, Marlborough Museum Click to enlarge He was born at...

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• Ernest Rutherford's early life

  Ernest, known as Ern within the family, was born at Spring Grove, near Brightwater in rural Nelson, on 30 August 1871. He was the fourth of twelve children by his...

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