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• Rosina Buckman, opera singer

  Rosina Buckman, 1881-1948,  was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, on 16 March 1881, the second child of Henrietta Matilda Chuck, a skilled singer and organist, and her carpenter husband,...

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• Bickleen Fong, author

  Ng Bickleen Fong (1931-1998) “This country is no longer a place of sojourn, but my home.” bickleen Bickleen Fong. Image supplied by author Bickleen Fong was born in Canton, coming to...

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• Elizabeth Lissaman, potter

  Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman was born in Blenheim on 11 October 1901, the second of six children of Helen Eva Bligh and her husband, Henri Lissaman, a sheep farmer. She...

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• Anne Turley

  2016- Tasman District Councillor   Anne Turley Anne Turley In 2016, a few weeks before the local body elections, I was approached to stand for Tasman District Council. Initially I was surprised...

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• Wangapeka Gold

  Gold was known in the Wangapeka district from the late 1850s.1  However, although an award was paid in 1861 to prospectors for the discovery of gold in the area,...

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