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• Blenheim, or "The Beaver"

  The Wairau Affray in 1843 badly frightened potential European settlers of the Wairau and it was to be several more years before the Nelson settlers again began to consider...

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• Education in Marlborough

  Marlborough's early schools faced a tough beginning. The first school was established by Nelson settlers but, after separation in 1859, Marlborough's education system suffered from a lack of money....

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• Resources

  The Prow is a living heritage resource, which aims to develop interest in and knowledge about the Top of the South Te Tau Ihu.  We aim to work...

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• Emma Litchfield, signatory

  In 1893 when she signed the petition, Emma Litchfield (  (1853—1927), neé Lodder was forty years old. She was born in New Zealand in 1853, and in 1877 she...

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• Kate Cullen, signatory

  Kate (Catherine) Cullen (1855-1938?) was 38 when she signed the petition. She was born inIreland in 1855, and probably came to New Zealand with her brother John (who later...

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