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• William Eyes

  *The rise and fall of a colourful and controversial colonist* A cast of hardworking ‘alpha’ men dominated the early days of settlement in the Wairau.  And none was more...

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• Barrington Gum

  The giant gum and Kingsland Forest Park in Richmond The Barrington Gum was named after a farm which was once located further down the Reservoir Creek valley from...

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• Queen Street in Richmond

  Queen Street is the long street that runs through the heart of Richmond, from the foothills in the east, to the Waimea River in the west. As the...

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• Joseph Ward

  Diarist, runholder, forthright politician Born in Staffordshire in 1817, Joseph Ward arrived in Nelson in December 1842 with his parents-in-law Henry and Mary Redwood. He had married his cousin...

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• Picton Bloaters

  Sardines, pilchards, herring – the famous ‘Picton Bloaters’ were variously called all of these names. From earliest settlement there were huge seasonal shoals of them in Queen Charlotte Sound,...

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