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• Wakapuaka Kāinga sites

  *Wakapuaka Block – Original Native Title *In 1880 when Wi Katene Te Puoho, chief of Ngāti Tama died, the status of the more than 17,500 acres (7,100 ha)...

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• Art and Architecture of Trafalgar Street, Nelson

  Trafalgar Street in Nelson lost many of its historic, and iconic, buildings in the 1980’s.  This was a time when there was a drive to modernise cities, and...

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• Edwin Hare Dashwood

  In researching Samuel Newport, my wife's great great grandfather, and other family members, I discovered transcripts of letters written by Samuel in November 1842. One letter was to G.H....

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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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• The Great Blenheim Flood of 1923

  Blenheim[blenheim-or-the-beaver/] was built at the junction of two rivers as a river port, close to sea level.1  Blenheim's early history was one of frequent flooding until extensive river works...

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