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• Early Richmond

  It is thought Māori used the Tasman region as a rich food and flax resource from as early as 1350 AD.1 A lack of archaeological evidence suggests there...

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• Skateboarding in Nelson

  Skate Boarding comes to New Zealand When Surfers made boards with wheels so they could ‘sidewalk surf’ in the USA in the 1950s, a new sport called skate boarding was...

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• Places

  Stories about the places and spaces of the top of the South Island - te tau ihu o te waka. See related stories on this site: Onekaka Pipe Dreams Aorere GoldThe...

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• George Lawrence

  George Lawrence and the elephants of Wakefield The Waimea South Historical Society was recently gifted two intriguing photographs, of elephants bathing in the Wai-iti River and penned beside the...

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• Succession of Iwi Māori in Nelson Districts

  The following tables detail a chronological sequence of Māori occupation of the Nelson districts. Whakapapa iwi refers to tribes for whom genealogies are known.  There is a recurring pattern...

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