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• Frederick Trolove

  Trolove of the Clarence Frederick Trolove  (1831-1880) was an early European settler who established Woodbank Run, located north of the Clarence River. Most of what is known about Trolove,...

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• Whittington Landon-Lane

  Whittington Landon Lane was born to Susan and George "Mizpah" Lane on the 14th of July, 1859 supposedly in the port town of Picton. A very eccentric name...

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• The 1884 plague of rats

  [admin/pages/]Early settlers in the Nelson Province faced many challenges. One of these was the rat problem – which exploded to plague proportions in 1884. PolynesianRatNZ Illustration of Polynesian Rat, Rattus...

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• Joy Cowley

  Joy Cowley with cod. c.2000. Picture from http://www.joycowley.com/Click image to enlarge It's raining in the Marlborough Sounds after weeks of hot dry weather and New Zealand's favourite grandma of children's...

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• Meretoto - Captain Cook's Ship Cove

  Captain James Cook spent a total of 328 days exploring the New Zealand coastline during his three voyages. The initial purpose of Cook's voyages was to observe the Transit of Venus in...

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