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• Early Pastoralism in Marlborough

  Marlborough's earliest pastoral history was one of initial squatter land occupation, battling the twin scourges of rabbits and sheep scab, and eventually, compulsory division of the huge sheep runs...

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• James Sinclair

  Fiery, ambitious Scotsman was ‘King of the Beaver’ Born in Caithness, in the north of Scotland,1 James Sinclair was described as a clear-headed, strong-minded Scotsman, who, by his dominating...

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• Tuia 250

  tuia logo Tuia 250 Tuia 250 commemorates 250 years since the first onshore meetings between Māori – tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand – and Pākehā in 1769–70. Tuia 250 also celebrates...

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• Annie Dolly Anituhia MacDonald Neame, weaver

  Annie (Dolly) Anituhia MacDonald Neame (1916– 1995) "One day while sitting alone a thought came to me - I'd just love to make a feather cloak. Well, after...

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• The Greig Brother's of Dillons Point; Early Settlers of Beaver Station

  Settlers came from all walks of life and all nations when the New Zealand Company[sitetree_link,id=113] began promoting farmlands ripe for the picking in Aotearoa. Two Scottish boys, aged in...

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