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• Anne Redwood

  Tasman District Councillor 1995-1998    Anne Redwood Anne Redwood Being involved in local government politics was not on my agenda but from October 1995 to October 1998 that all changed. Shifting...

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• The Murchison Earthquake

  *Shaky Ground* For centuries before Europeans arrived, Māori had experienced rū whenua - ‘the shaking of the land'. According to Māori tradition, earthquakes are caused by the god Rūaumoko (or...

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• Murchison and the Buller or Kawatiri

  The story of Murchison is inextricably entwined with that of the Kawatiri or Buller River and its tributaries.  The mighty awa or river begins its 177 km journey...

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• Women Decision-Makers of Tasman 1944-2018

  In 1893 when women gained the right to vote in central and local government elections there were several local authorities in the Tasman area. Gradually these have been amalgamated, culminating...

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• Newman Brothers

  Running a transport service in the days when unformed roads wormed their ways through virgin bush up steep hillsides and across rivers and mountain creeks tested man and...

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