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• The Redwood Family

  Farming, Racing and the Church *Henry Redwood and early settlement* The Redwood family is remembered through place names in Nelson, Marlborough, and throughout New Zealand. It all began with Henry...

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• Douglas William Batt

  Uncle Dick's Story-October 1915-March 1916 Douglas Batt as soldier 002 Douglas William Batt 1915. Photo courtesy John Douglas William Batt It was a little over a month after his...

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• Dutch Settlement in Nelson

  The 1950s Dutch migrants have been called a ‘lost generation[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/dutch/page-3]', scarred by the disruptions and trauma of economic depression and military occupation in the Netherlands. On reaching their adopted country,...

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• Stories of Tasman Bay or Te Tai-o-Aorere

  1. An ancient legend -  Tūtaeporoporo This story confirms that Whakatū was recognised throughout Aotearoa as an important mahinga kai (food-gathering place). *A Taniwha *Tūtaeporoporo was an enormous shark that...

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• James Wynen

  How James Wynen ended up in a Nelson hotel where he died in 1866 is a mystery.1 But the story of the ‘decent and respectable native of the...

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