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Moturoa / Rabbit Island
As the name implies, Moturoa / Rabbit Island is the longest and largest of the islands in the Waimea Estuary. Its sandy beaches, bike tracks and scenic picnic...
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John Sylvanus Cotterell
Surveyor, settler, explorer If John Cotterell had not been killed, in the Wairau Affray, at the tender age of 23, it is likely he would have become a person...
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Liz Thomas
1984-1989 Golden Bay County Councillor Liz Thomas Liz Thomas. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: 3363A I was one of the wave of so-called alternative life-stylers (some would say hippies) who...
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Frederick Trolove
Trolove of the Clarence Frederick Trolove (1831-1880) was an early European settler who established Woodbank Run, located north of the Clarence River. Most of what is known about Trolove,...
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The Murchison Earthquake
*Shaky Ground* For centuries before Europeans arrived, Māori had experienced rū whenua - ‘the shaking of the land'. According to Māori tradition, earthquakes are caused by the god Rūaumoko (or...
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