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• Taonga Pūoro or Singing Treasures

  The first Polynesian settlers in Aotearoa were greeted by a noisy soundscape and a plethora of new materials for making musical instruments.  Centuries later, the botanist Joseph Banks[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/banks-sir-joseph] described the...

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• Jan Fryer

  Nelson City Councillor 2003 - 2007   I was elected to Nelson City Council in June 2003 through a by-election, following the death of long serving Councillor, Jo Raine. My...

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• Colleen Twin QSM

  1983-1992 Waimea County Councillor 1983-1989 Tasman District Councillor 1989-1992   Colleen Twin Colleen Twin 31 December 1993. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: C17936. Because I had been involved in many activities...

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• Our Anzac losses - the Jackson family

  So many Picton and Sounds families lost loved ones during World War I; four grandsons of  James (Jimmy) and Emma Jackson were killed.   Jimmy Jackson was one of...

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• Ching and Chisnall families

  Richard Ching was born 11 July 1811 in England to Cornish parents -  William Ching and Mary Vague. Richard was aged 12 when both his father, aged 40...

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