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Anchor Foundry
*The Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company* Port Nelson. Nelson Provincial Museum, F N Jones Collection: 309919[assets/Your_stories/port-nelson-1.jpg]Port Nelson. Nelson Provincial Museum, F N Jones Collection: 309919 [with Anchor Foundry buildings] Click image...
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Mahitahi River
The traditional name for the river flowing through Nelson City was “Mahitahi”, truncated to “Maitai” from early colonial times. For centuries the Maitai Valley has been an important access...
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Wakatū or Whakatū
Māori Names People often ask what a Māori place-name means, and try to break down parts of the name to find meaning: e.g. Motueka = motu + weka =...
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Rocks Road
In a line of five o'clock commuter traffic, listening to drive time radio, it's hard to imagine the days when Rocks Road was a narrow, precarious, wave-swept walkway...
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Succession of Iwi Māori in Nelson Districts
The following tables detail a chronological sequence of Māori occupation of the Nelson districts. Whakapapa iwi refers to tribes for whom genealogies are known. There is a recurring pattern...
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