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• From Cairo to Ngatimoti

  Or Around the World in 100 Years: the WW1 postcard that lost its way Front of Hector Guy’s postcard. A. McFadgen Front of Hector Guy’s postcard. A. McFadgen Poignant...

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• Graves of Fairfield Park

  Fairfield Park, one of Nelson’s first cemeteries, was created in 1851 and over 78 people were buried here before it closed in 1910. It had various names, including...

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• The Naming of Nelson and its streets

  *Nelson* On 22nd February 1841 the New Zealand Company in London announced that its second settlement in New Zealand (after Wellington) would be named Nelson, and that its establishment would...

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• Abel Tasman and Māori in Golden Bay / Mohua

  When the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman sailed into Golden Bay / Mohua in 1642, a mutual cultural misunderstanding may have been one reason for the brief violent encounter...

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• The separation of Nelson and Marlborough

  The separation of Marlborough from Nelson came about when the opinions of two very different groups, small-holders and large pastoral run-holders, were in accord, even though this was for...

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