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• Ben Crisp and the Band of Hope

  Ben Crisp was a reformed drunkard who took an abstinence pledge in 1843, inspired by the sermons of teetotaler and Temperance Society leader Alfred Saunders. He was born in London, England, probably on...

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• Nelson School of Music

  A Unique Vision When Nelson's European settlers wanted music, they had to make it themselves. By 1852, the small Nelson community, then numbering more than 2000, had formed a...

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• Nelson's gateway sculptures

  The Novella Sculpture “Nau mai ki tōku Āhuru Mōwai” – Welcome to my safe home, to my sheltered haven.   He wāhi e tau ana te wairua pai, e marino...

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• Ngawhatu Hospital, Orphanage and Valley

  *The Orphanage Era of Ngawhatu Valley* Orphanage stream in in Stoke takes its name from a Roman Catholic home for boys which was once sited in the Ngawhatu Valley.  Commonly called...

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• Brightwater's School for Boys - 1888-1889

  The brick school  In 1887 Spring Grove School was overcrowded and run down, it was also the only school in the area that educated senior boys. Instead of just...

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