Search Results

You searched for Wakefield memorial Riwaka

All words containing three letters or less are ignored

• One story of welcome - Mary Ann Hodgkinson

  *A Traditional Challenge at the Port *Mary Ann Hodgkinson, who had just arrived on the Thomas Harrison with her family in October 1842, had been drilled in self-defence on...

  Read more about "One story of welcome - Mary Ann Hodgkinson"...
  
  
• 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....

  Read more about "Tobacco"...
  
  
• John Kidson 1808-1875

  Gardener, Nelson settler, participant in Wairau Affray and New Zealand Company agitator John and Amelia Kidson both had secure jobs in England - he was a gardener at the...

  Read more about "John Kidson (senior) 1808-1875"...
  
  
• Robert Ellis and Brightwater's electricity

  Ellis Street in Brightwater is named after Robert (Bobby) Ellis "a man of considerable mechanical ingenuity and business acumen”.  Bobby was responsible for the first electrical streetlights in the...

  Read more about "Robert Ellis and Brightwater's electricity"...
  
  
• The Hop Centre of New Zealand

  At the centre of a good beer lies quality aromatic hops and, as luck would have it, the early English and German settlers to Nelson found the region...

  Read more about "Nelson Hops Lead the World"...