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• Asbestos and the Chaffeys

  A place to hide was what the Chaffeys sought when they moved to the Cobb Valley in Nelson's remote northwest mountains. It was their desire for solitude, and...

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• Hounsell's Circle, the Sundial and Natureland at Tāhunanui

  The site currently occupied by Natureland[http://www.natureland.nz/] at Tāhunanui Beach Reserve[sitetree_link,id=444] is located within an elliptical circle.  You used to be able to drive completely around this circle and it was...

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• Building Nelson wharves

  Bob Howard started working with the Nelson Harbour Board[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc05Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d1-d7.html] in 1968 at the start of the log trade. “I was on a 3 month trial and 23 years later...

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• The SS Janie Seddon – laid to rust

  The steamship Janie Seddon was built in 1901 by Fleming & Ferguson Ltd at Paisley in Scotland. A vessel of 125 tons, she was powered by two horsepower steam...

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• New Zealand's first rugby club

  On 30 May 1868 a notable event occurred in the small town of Nelson: the formation of The Nelson Football Club which, within two years, became the Nelson Rugby Football Club. This was...

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