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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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• 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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• James Durden

  A solitary grave stone perched on a lonely grass and flax covered coastal terrace 1km north of the Anatori River, North West Nelson, marks the final resting place...

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• Getting established in Marlborough

  Marlborough’s first decades after European colonisation were rather rocky. The Wairau Affray[sitetree_link,id=467]  in 1843 badly frightened potential colonists to the Wairau. Strong earthquakes[sitetree_link,id=749] in 1848 and 1855 and severe flooding[sitetree_link,id=249] showed...

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