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• Robert Tod of Todds Valley

  Merchant, shipbroker and commission agent, Robert Tod, left his home in Glasgow in the 1820s and lived in Egypt prior to coming to New Zealand. He arrived in...

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• Tobacco

  The growth and production of tobacco brought wealth, jobs and growth to Motueka and was integral to the social fabric of the district for more than 70 years....

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• Stranding of the Hawea

  Imagine the drama there would be today if a ship ran aground on Rocks Road. Hawea, 1886, aground in Nelson The Union Company steamer, Hawea aground on the...

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• Nelson Suter Art Society

  One Hundred and Twenty Years of Art in the Nelson Region Nelson has always been a community entrenched in, and fascinated by art. For 120 years, the Nelson...

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• Tawhiri comes home

  In 1951 an ocean race was sailed from Wellington to Lyttelton as a celebration of the Canterbury centennial. Tawhiri comes home crew Tawhiri and crew upon finishing...

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