Search Results

You searched for Nelson Provincial Council

All words containing three letters or less are ignored

• Memories of Port Nelson

  As a young lad in the 1930's, fishing off the wharves was a much enjoyed pastime. The two Nelson ferries were coal burners. The coal hulks was tied...

  Read more about "Memories of Port Nelson"...
  
  
• Building Nelson wharves

  Bob Howard started working with the Nelson Harbour Board[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc05Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d1-d7.html] in 1968 at the start of the log trade. “I was on a 3 month trial and 23 years later...

  Read more about "Building Nelson wharves"...
  
  
• Born to go to sea

  The Williams family The Williams family have lived and worked in the Nelson region since 1890. Successive generations have had a long association with the sea. Anchor shipping company...

  Read more about "Born to go to sea"...
  
  
• Memories of the Mamaku

  I worked as a deckhand on the Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company’s coaster Mamaku from 1955 to 1957, and during those years I took many photos of the...

  Read more about "Memories of the Mamaku"...
  
  
• Light Nelson

  Celebrating the Darkness 2013 saw the creation of an artistic experience unique to Nelson, an ambitious artist-led concept whereby local people are actively encouraged to engage with multiple light installations...

  Read more about "Light Nelson "...