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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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• Charles Heaphy

  Artist, draughtsman and explorer The young Charles Heaphy was initially employed by the New Zealand Company as an artist and draughtsman, but his duties were varied and included helping to chart...

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• Arthur Wakefield

  Captain Arthur Wakefield (1799-1843)  was regarded as a fine naval officer and after retiring early from the Royal Navy, became resident agent of the new Nelson settlement. He was...

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• Francis Dillon Bell

  New Zealand Company and Government officer Like many of Nelson's earliest European settlers, Francis Bell had a Quaker background. JSir Francis Dillon Bell Sir Francis Dillon Bell The...

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• New Zealand Company

  The New Zealand Company, a commercial enterprise formed in Britain, dispatched an expedition to establish its second New Zealand settlement, to be named Nelson, in 1841. New Zealand Company...

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