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• Wairau Valley

  This story will cover an area on the south side of the Wairau River from the Waihopai Valley to the Wash and across the river to Northbank.  Wairau...

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• Thomas Maddock and Lucy Knight of Marlborough

  *Just an old Marlborough man and his daughter* When the first waves of settlers landed on the beaches of Nelson many were shocked at what they saw. The...

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• Timber Pioneers

  William Brownlee (1828-1917) and Edward Baigent (1813-1892) were two of Marlborough/Nelson's most successful sawmillers. Generations of both families continued to work in the timber and forestry industries until the...

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• Vernon Lagoons

  The ponds, marshes, lagoons and tidal estuaries fed by the Wairau and Opawa Rivers had always been the richest year-round food resource in the Cook Strait area.  Major fighting...

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• Eileen Duggan

  At one time, Marlborough-born poet, Eileen Duggan, was one of New Zealand's most widely acclaimed poets.1 Eileen Duggan as The Spirit of Ireland in a school play Eileen...

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