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• Succession of Iwi Māori in Nelson Districts

  The following tables detail a chronological sequence of Māori occupation of the Nelson districts. Whakapapa iwi refers to tribes for whom genealogies are known.  There is a recurring pattern...

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• The New Zealand Company, Nelson Settlement and the Tenths Reserves

  The New Zealand Land Company, commonly known as the New Zealand Company, was a commercial colonising enterprise formalised in England in 1837.  Its intention was to buy tracts of land...

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• The Wood, Nelson Town

  The Wood area of Nelson Town is bounded by the course of the lower Mahitahi/Maitai River, the northern shore of Nelson Haven from Trafalgar Street, extending eastwards to...

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• Horoirangi and Te Rere a Hihi

  Horoirangi (the Sky Washer) is the highest point towering above two boulder banks -  the southern end of the boulder bank at Rotokura (Cable Bay), and the northern...

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• Wakapuaka - Rotokura

  Wakapuaka is an ancient name;  Kupe bestowed the name on the area because it reminded him of a fishing ground of that name in Hawaiki. *Early Settlers at Rotokura *Rotokura,...

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