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• Endeavour Inlet and the Antimony Mine

  Endeavour Inlet was so named by Captain James Cook after his ship Endeavour, which anchored in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1770.  At the time this, and other bays...

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• Picton and World War II

  On 3 September 1939 New Zealand declared its involvement in a war that had begun in Europe. New Zealand was one of the first countries to join the...

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• Aubrey Bryan Huruata Kenny

  Aubrey Kenny was born in Johnsonville, in 1923. When his father died, the family came to Picton to join the extended family. He came to Nelson in 1996.   Aubrey...

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• Blenheim, or "The Beaver"

  The Wairau Affray in 1843 badly frightened potential European settlers of the Wairau and it was to be several more years before the Nelson settlers again began to consider...

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• Old Folks Hall Nelson

  A well-used landmark of Nelson is the modest building beside the Trafalgar bridge with floor to ceiling windows  overlooking the Maitai River. Constructed in the 1956, the hall was...

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