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• Pioneers of the Wairau Valley North Bank

  The North Bank of the Wairau Valley in Marlborough was a promising landscape for people wanting to do their best for their families. With plenty of quartz creeks...

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• Cricket in the Colonies

  International cricket came to Nelson on January 4 2014, when the Black Caps took on the West Indies in a one-day international - New Zealand winning by 58...

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• Roding Valley waterworks

  Since its official opening on the 30th October 1941, the Roding waterworks scheme has supplied water to both Nelson City and Richmond. The scheme consists of a low...

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• The Art of Wakefield Quay

  Wakefield Quay  named after Captain Arthur Wakefield[captain-arthur-wakefield/] of the New Zealand Company[new-zealand-company/] was where many early European Settlers first set foot in New Zealand. It  boasts beautiful views of Nelson's...

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• George Batt -Drover and Bullocky

  *Drover and Bullocky* George Batt (1854-1931) was born in the Waimea Plains area near Nelson, the sixth child of John and Ann Batt who had emigrated from Hampshire in...

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