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• Construction of Rocks Road and sea wall

  *Rocky Road to Completion* When Frederick Tuckett, the chief surveyor of the New Zealand Company, was setting out the plan for Nelson, the only viable access to the farmlands...

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• Phyllis Field

  *Phyllis Field (nee Griffin) 1914-2007 - the early years* Phyllis was born in 1914, the youngest child of George and Caroline Griffin. Her father was manager of the Griffin...

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• Matangi Āwhio - Auckland Point

  Matangi Āwhio or Auckland Point has a long history of occupation dating back to 1450, when the tupuna (ancestor) Pohea established it as a pā (fortified settlement) and, according to...

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• Born to go to sea

  The Williams family The Williams family have lived and worked in the Nelson region since 1890. Successive generations have had a long association with the sea. Anchor shipping company...

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• Betsy Walter/Betsy Eyre and the Park named after her

  Nelson City Councillor 1956-1962 ; 1965-1976 Deputy Mayor 1959-1962, 1965-1971 In 1956, twelve years after Laura Ingram[sitetree_link,id=822] was elected to the Motueka Borough Council, Betsy Walter (later Eyre) became Nelson's first...

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