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• John and Kurapa Davis

  We are inclined to think of New Zealand residents of the nineteenth century as being of either Māori or European background, but during the latter half of the...

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• Early Richmond

  It is thought Māori used the Tasman region as a rich food and flax resource from as early as 1350 AD.1 A lack of archaeological evidence suggests there...

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• Nelson's Dress Circle

  The streets around Brougham Street and Upper Collingwood Street are often known as Nelson's Dress Circle, due to their elevated position and the number of large old houses sited...

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• McCashin's Brewery

  Many milestones in New Zealand's beer history are associated with the Nelson region.  The country's second commercial brewery was opened on the corner of Hardy and Tasman Streets in...

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• The Apple Industry

  Hard Graft for Early Apple Growers Apples have been planted in the Nelson/Tasman region since the arrival of the first European settlers, who found that apple trees flourished in...

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