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• Rangitahi Hanigan

  Waikato Taniwha rau, He piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha! Rangitahi Hanigan, 1948 - 2009, hailed from Ngāti Wairere and Ngāti Haua of the...

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• Motueka’s First Harbour

  One Place, Many Names Manuka's Bush, The Kumaras, Raumanuka, Murphy's Harbour, and Te Kūmara are all the same place: the area at the end of what is now Staples...

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• Wairau Affray

  The Wairau Affray, also known as the Wairau Massacre or the Wairau Incident, was the first significant armed conflict between Māori and British settlers after the signing of the Treaty...

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• Blenheim and Picton Borough Councils- the early years

  Following the separation of Marlborough from Nelson[the-separation-of-nelson-and-marlborough/] in 1859, the region found itself with no funds, no local taxes and frequent flooding washing away infrastructure. It was to be many...

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• Sir Stanley Whitehead

  Sir Stanley Austin Whitehead (1907-1976),  Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Speaker of the NZ House of Representatives from 1972-1976,  is best known...

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