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• Janice Manson

  Janice is of Ngāti Tama and Te Ātiawa descent.  Born in Tākaka, Golden Bay on 11 February 1942, she was the eldest child of Tahana and Audrey Ward-Holmes. Her...

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• Pelorus Jack

  A world famous dolphin For nearly 25 years, Pelorus Jack, a Risso's dolphin, met and escorted ships travelling between Wellington and Nelson across Admiralty Bay, north of French Pass. In...

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• Charles Lowe

  It was a tiny bright red fruit that first drew entrepreneur, inventor and farmer Charles Lowe to Riwaka in 1900.1 Fresh off a contract handling horses for the...

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• Blenheim and Picton Borough Councils- the early years

  Following the separation of Marlborough from Nelson[the-separation-of-nelson-and-marlborough/] in 1859, the region found itself with no funds, no local taxes and frequent flooding washing away infrastructure. It was to be many...

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• Sir Stanley Whitehead

  Sir Stanley Austin Whitehead (1907-1976),  Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Speaker of the NZ House of Representatives from 1972-1976,  is best known...

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