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• Nelson College. 1887 rutherford
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• The 1884 plague of rats

  [admin/pages/]Early settlers in the Nelson Province faced many challenges. One of these was the rat problem – which exploded to plague proportions in 1884. PolynesianRatNZ Illustration of Polynesian Rat, Rattus...

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• Havelock's General Store

  The colourful store building painted with tuataras in Havelock’s main street has a long history. The building dates back to the 1870's and was built with high quality milled...

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• Wakamarina Gold

  "In the month of April, 1864, Nelson was aroused from the most depressed commercial state....to the glittering prospects of a well-paying goldfield...situated in the Province of Marlborough," reported Lucas's...

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• 1918 Influenza pandemic in Nelson

  The 1918 influenza pandemic has been called "the world's biggest disaster of the twentieth century"1, and its lessons continue to be significant. The outbreak killed more people than World...

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