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• The Execution of the Maungatapu Murderers

  Nelson's First Hanging At 8.30am, on Friday 5 October, 1866, the twang of three hangmen's ropes brought an end to the grisliest episode in Nelson's early European history. The...

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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 Ghost of Tophouse

  Tophouse Hotel Tophouse Hotel Click image to enlarge I am the new owner of Tophouse, since September 2007, and have researched the history of Tophouse and have found that apparently...

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• The Great Blenheim Flood of 1923

  Blenheim[blenheim-or-the-beaver/] was built at the junction of two rivers as a river port, close to sea level.1  Blenheim's early history was one of frequent flooding until extensive river works...

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• Early prominent Marlburians

  Two doctors and a shopkeeper were key figures in turning Blenheim from a settlement notorious for a spirit of lawlessness  into a bustling market town.1 Dr Stephen Lunn Muller (1814...

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