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• The Picton volunteers

  In early Pakeha settlement, the tradition of a voluntary military service was carried over from England, and a Volunteer Corps[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d19-d7.html] was formed in New Zealand, mainly because of the perceived threat...

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• Telegraph Made World of Difference

  The South and North Islands were connected by an under-sea telegraph cable across Cook Strait in 1866. Ten years later, the telegraph connection between London and Wakapuaka, Nelson, spanned...

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• The Scow Echo

  A.S. Echo, now permanently ‘on the hard’ on Picton foreshore, was built from kauri in 1905 at Te Kopuru near Dargaville by William Brown & Sons (William Brown...

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• Life in Linkwater

  John Collins  did a bit of everything to make a living on his Cullensville hill country farm: milking cows, shearing sheep, mustering and mussel harvesting. Linkwater JC Cemetary 7376 John...

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• St. Johns in the Wilderness Koromiko

  St Johns in the Wilderness is an Anglican Church in Koromiko, near Picton, Marlborough New Zealand.  It has a Historic Places Trust registration of category 2, status B. * * Sir Paul...

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