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• Life in Linkwater

  John Collins  did a bit of everything to make a living on his Cullensville hill country farm: milking cows, shearing sheep, mustering and mussel harvesting. Linkwater JC Cemetary 7376 John...

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• Mussel harvesting in the Marlborough Sounds

  Linkwater farmer John Collins worked up to 23 hours a day when he worked in Marlborough’s mussel industry in the early 1980s.  “In those days the industry was...

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• Hop Harvest

  *Hop Harvest* March 1st is a significant date in the Nelson district because it heralds the start of the hop harvest.  The hot, dry summer has ripened the flower...

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• Dr. Hubert Oscar Washbourn

  Dr Washbourn and the Washbourn Memorial Gates Dr Hubert Oscar Washbourn, known by family as Pete, arrived in Richmond in 1919 and during this year he bought Hillcrest Private...

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• Settlement in Stoke

  Stoke was once a swampy area with numerous small streams. When Māori arrived in this area, it was a wetland with numerous streams draining water from the hills...

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