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• Mary Mulvey, signatory (1822 - 1922)

  In 1893 when she signed the petition Mrs Mary Mulvey was 71 years old and a widow. Her husband, John, the local milkman, had been charged with threatening...

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• The Grove Okiwa

  The Grove near Okiwa in the Marlborough Sounds, now flat farmland, was once covered by extensive kahikatea forest. The name Okiwa probably refers to a chief named Kiwa,...

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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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• Te Rauparaha’s Account of the Wairau Affray

  The Wairau Affray, as it has become known, resulted in the deaths of twenty-two Europeans, including Arthur Wakefield and Henry Thompson. Four Māori are known to have died:...

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• East Tākaka Library

    East Takaka Library 1. Library Return for Upper and East Tākaka in 1876. Land was surveyed for the East Tākaka library in the early 1870s by Charles...

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