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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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• Toss Woollaston

  Years of hard work, talent, self-belief and the support of a good wife, all combined to make Nelson artist, Sir Tosswill Woollaston (Toss), one of New Zealand's best,...

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• Railway Memories

  Stoke resident Kevin Hoult rode the train into Nelson College from Belgrove between 1942 and 1945. After finishing college he worked as a paperboy for the railroad. On...

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• Seymour Square

  Blenheim's Seymour Square was, officially, named after Henry Seymour who, with his son-in-law Alfred Fell, owned the land on which The Beaver[blenheim-or-the-beaver/] (Blenheim) was built. It is also said...

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