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• The Regulus and Port Kembla

  The Regulus was built in 1907 by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle on Tyne for the Westport Coal Company[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d32-d3.html], based in Dunedin. She was a vessel of...

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• Stoke Library

  The first Stoke library[http://nelsonpubliclibraries.co.nz/library/opening-hours/stoke-library/] was opened in the 1940's, thanks to the commitment of a group of residents, led by Fred Reed, who were mainly connected with the Stoke School...

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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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• New Zealand Company

  The New Zealand Company, a commercial enterprise formed in Britain, dispatched an expedition to establish its second New Zealand settlement, to be named Nelson, in 1841. New Zealand Company...

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• Teenah Handiside

  Richmond Borough Councillor 1977-1983 I find it an interesting challenge to remember my time in the early 1980s as a Borough Councillor and later a member of the Area Health...

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