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• Rai Valley

  Māori occupied the Rai and Te Hoiere/Pelorus until 1828, when Te Rauparaha's[te-rauparahas-account/] war parties occupied Te Tau Ihu and local Māori were killed or scattered from their lands. They...

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• Blenheim and Picton Borough Councils- the early years

  Following the separation of Marlborough from Nelson in 1859, the region found itself with no funds, no local taxes and frequent flooding washing away infrastructure. It was to...

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• Elaine Henry

  1983-2007 Richmond Borough Councillor 1983-1989 Deputy Mayor 1986-1989 Tasman District Councillor 1989-2007 Nelson Marlborough Regional Councillor 1989-1992   Elaine Henry Elaine Henry 12 September 1995. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: C28827 Serving as...

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• A Woman of the Wairau

  When young Stella Maxted arrived in the Wairau Valley from Blenheim, she did not know that she was to become part of a valley dynasty and farm there...

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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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