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• Te Tau Ihu Māori and the Taranaki Wars

  On 17 March 1860, Government troops attacked the pa Te Kohia at Waitara, North Taranaki, stronghold of Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke of Te Ātiawa  and his followers.  Te Rangitāke...

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• Fires in Nelson

  *When Nelson went to blazes* It was during my childhood years. Very few people had telephones. If you wanted to call the fire brigade you had to rush up...

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• Picton Hospitals

  The first Picton hospital was built on the hill overlooking Waikawa Road and the Lagoon in 1865.  A character called 'Ned the Bellman' (Edward Allen Davis) died earlier...

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• Maitai Dam

  Pre-dam schemes The Maitai River was first considered for water supply in the 1930s. At this time the Brook Scheme[sitetree_link,id=549] (commissioned in 1867) was unable to meet demand. Rather than proceed...

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• Melrose House and Garden

  The original garden The elegant garden around historic Melrose House is a short distance from the central city, on the corner of Upper Trafalgar Street and Brougham Street, and...

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