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• Croquet in Nelson

  Croquet was introduced to the Nelson area by the German immigrants[sitetree_link,id=65] who arrived on the Saint Pauli[http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/early-settlers/voyageDetails.aspx?voyageid=42] and settled in the Moutere district. Croquet became the accepted pastime of colonists...

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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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• Nelson's Public Art

  Nelson has a range of public art works, many, but not all, of them located in the central city area.  Millers Acre art millers acre vessel The Vessel...

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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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