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• Stories of Tasman Bay or Te Tai-o-Aorere

  1. An ancient legend -  Tūtaeporoporo This story confirms that Whakatū was recognised throughout Aotearoa as an important mahinga kai (food-gathering place). *A Taniwha *Tūtaeporoporo was an enormous shark that...

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• George Cannon McMurtry

  *George **(Randall) **Cannon McMurtry and Templemore Homestead* George was  born in 1918 in Templemore Homestead, which still stands today on 126 Salisbury Road, Richmond.  His grandfather, of Irish descent, came to Nelson in...

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• The Wood

  From native forest to English garden Following the establishment of the town of Nelson by the London-based New Zealand Company, in 1842, European settlers were quick to make their mark on...

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• 36 Brougham Street

  36 Brougham Street is a post-Victorian property, built approximately 1925. It has a Category 2 Heritage listing and shows arts and crafts influence. About the area The streets around Brougham...

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• Abel Tasman and Māori in Golden Bay / Mohua

  When the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman sailed into Golden Bay / Mohua in 1642, a mutual cultural misunderstanding may have been one reason for the brief violent encounter...

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