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• Effie and Ralphine Richardson

  Effie Newbigging Richardson, 1849? - 1928, and Ralphine Zealandia Regina Richardson, 1887-1969. *Euphemia [Effie] Johnstone* was born sometime between 1849 and 1859 in Argyllshire, Scotland. Her father had died...

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• History of Nelson Rugby

  Of all Nelson's claims to history, none are as significant to the development of New Zealand's culture as our rugby background. Rugby is a crucial aspect of our...

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• Robert Ellis and Brightwater's electricity

  Ellis Street in Brightwater is named after Robert (Bobby) Ellis "a man of considerable mechanical ingenuity and business acumen”.  Bobby was responsible for the first electrical streetlights in the...

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• Rifleman John William Brunning

  A Long Lost Brunning Tucked away at the bottom of a page in a Motueka community newspaper was a small item headlined "Long lost Brunning". It featured the intriguing...

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• Early Nelson College

  Fire, earthquake and a Nobel laureate Nelson College was established in 1856 with high hopes that Nelson would become  the ‘Eton of the South’. Nelson college lithograph Nelson College. Principal's...

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