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• New Zealand's first rugby club

  On 30 May 1868 a notable event occurred in the small town of Nelson: the formation of The Nelson Football Club which, within two years, became the Nelson Rugby Football Club. This was...

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• Dame Cath and Sir Greg of Māpua pua

  Dame Cath gets a right royal roasting for knighting ‘Sir Greg’ A mock knighthood of Māpua’s Greg Olsen at a historic gathering in Golden Bay to celebrate the...

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• Te Tau Ihu and astronomy

  The Nelson region has had some interesting and significant connections with astronomy - from the era of Kupe, to the Black Birch observatory. The Nelson Science Society continues to...

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• Nelson Literary Ramble

  This walk takes you on a literary tour of Nelson. Take a real or virtual stroll around the streets and find out more about the places you pass...

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• The Wreck of the Lastingham 1884

  Being a country surrounded by the ocean New Zealand has experienced hundreds of shipwrecks claiming tremendous amounts of lives. Cook Strait is no exception to other stretches of our...

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