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• May's Retail, Butter and Bacon Empire

  The Store in Queen Street Richmond May’s store was an institution in early Richmond. It occupied a large, two-storied building on a prominent site and sold as wide a...

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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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• The Hop Centre of New Zealand

  At the centre of a good beer lies quality aromatic hops and, as luck would have it, the early English and German settlers to Nelson found the region...

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• 156 Nile Street

  Milner House, Formerly “Sunnybank”, was built in approximately 1856 in the Georgian Style[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture]. It has a Category B Heritage Listing[https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1576]. About the area Like many other streets in Nelson, Nile Street takes its name from British...

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• Ching and Chisnall families

  Richard Ching was born 11 July 1811 in England to Cornish parents -  William Ching and Mary Vague. Richard was aged 12 when both his father, aged 40...

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