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• Joseph Ward

  Diarist, runholder, forthright politician Born in Staffordshire in 1817, Joseph Ward arrived in Nelson in December 1842 with his parents-in-law Henry and Mary Redwood. He had married his cousin...

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• Constantine and Fanny Dillon

  Constantine Dillon (1813-1853) and Fanny Dillon (died 1896) Constance Dillon Constantine Dillon The Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Collection, T-69659-3 Click to enlarge The Honourable Constantine Dillon, a younger...

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• Bartlett's Creek Cottage

  Cob homes were a popular building type in the greater Marlborough area with well preserved examples such as Riverlands Cob Cottage and the Molesworth homestead. Tucked neatly away up...

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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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• Searching for Metapere

  It is now more than 15 years since Kate Mitchell published an account of the search for a Māori tupuna in the family, who turned out to be...

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