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• Lure of gold - Aorere

  A few specks of gold, found in the Aorere Valley by a musterer in October 1856, saw more than 2000 men flood into Massacre Bay over the following...

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• The Nelson Volunteer Fire Brigade

  *The early years from 1858-1868* The history of Nelson's early Volunteer Fire Brigade is difficult to trace. The earliest reference to it is September 18581, when a meeting was...

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• Nelson Lakes National Park

  Nelson Lakes National Park (established in 1956) is situated in Te Tau Ihu - the top of the South Island, protecting 102,000 hectares of the northern most Southern...

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• Memories of the Mamaku

  I worked as a deckhand on the Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company’s coaster Mamaku from 1955 to 1957, and during those years I took many photos of the...

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• Nelson Pottery

  Nelson/ Tasman's ground-breaking pottery There is some evidence that the use of clay may date back to early Māori settlement, but the history of clay use in the Nelson...

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