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• First encounters - the Russians in Te Tau Ihu

  On 8 June 1820 (29 May in the Russian calendar), Russian captain Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (in Russian: Фаддей Фаддеевич Беллинсгаузен; Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen) entered Queen Charlotte Sound in the ships Vostớk...

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• Albert Branton Doidge

  Eight Stoke men are known to have died fighting in World War One.  Seven of these are listed on the Stoke Memorial Gates[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/stoke-memorial-gates], but Albert, for some reason is...

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• The Mayoral Shop

  The premises at 83-86 Bridge Street in Nelson were the birthplace of the mayoral ambitions of three families. MayorJHLevien.jpg J H Levien: The Nelson Provincial Museum, Print Collection: 297185 Lock...

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• Elaine Taylor M.H.Sc

  1985-1992 Waimea County Councillor 1985-1989 Tasman District Councillor 1989-1992   Elaine Taylor Elaine Taylor 24 September 1992. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: C12480. Born and raised in Wellington, Elaine Taylor (nee...

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• Jenny Shipley, politician

  Jenny Shipley gained the most powerful role in Government as Prime Minister of New Zealand, just over a century after Jane Watson[sitetree_link,id=930] was struggling to care for her family. “Equality...

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