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• Antonio Wett

  Background Antonio Wett was an early resident of Nelson, arriving there in about 1866.  In the following 44 years, until his death in 1910, he married, had a family...

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• The Eel Pond

  Kia hiwa ra,  kia hiwa ra, moe araara ki te matahi tuna. Be watchful or you’ll sleep and miss the eels. The Mahitahi River is an important "pathway...

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• Marlborough's first newspaper

  Timothy Millington and George Coward, two Englishmen who came to Marlborough via Australia and Nelson, started the Marlborough Province’s first newspaper in Blenheim, or the Beaver, on 6 January...

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• Brown Barrett's Cannery in Picton

  With the outbreak of War in 1939, there was an urgent need for all primary produce and to introduce more products for home consumption and export. The Auckland-based...

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• Dun Mountain Railway

  The Dun Mountain Railway was officially opened amidst great fanfare on Monday 3 February, 1862. From the port, across the city, the horse-drawn tramway then climbed from Brook Street...

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