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• Tawhiri comes home

  In 1951 an ocean race was sailed from Wellington to Lyttelton as a celebration of the Canterbury centennial. Tawhiri comes home crew Tawhiri and crew upon finishing...

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• Huangshi Chinese Garden

  Nelson's Chinese Garden Commissioned in December 2001, the Huangshi Chinese Garden was officially opened on 14 November 2007 with ten delegates from Nelson’s sister city, Huangshi, in the Hubei...

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• Lily Robertson and the Nelson Lighthouse

  My Life by Lily Robertson (1878-1956) *Nelson Lighthouse * Excerpt from the Lighthouse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from Lily's diary. Click image to enlarge My birthplace was at the home of...

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• Hampden Street School

  Hampden Street School 1868 - 2009: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same   Walking around Hampden Street School today, it is hard to imagine what it...

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• Nelson School of Music

  1915, war is raging in Europe. Julius Bernhardt Lemmer principal of the Nelson School of Music (NSOM), returns from his year away studying in London. At his return...

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