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• Springbok Tour in Nelson 1981

  In 1981 the South African rugby team, the Springboks, toured New Zealand. The protests against this tour reached a level unparalleled in New Zealand history. This reflected the...

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• Place names of Nelson

  When we stroll around the streets of Nelson, it is difficult to imagine what they would have been like 160 years ago.  The worn down tracks which have...

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• Nelson Matinee

  *Those were the days, the days of the matinee* During the immediate post war years, Saturday matinees were all the rage with our generation of kids. Whether it...

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• St Marys Catholic Church Nelson

  The first Catholic Mass in Nelson was held in May 1844. The Church’s first chapel was built on Sion Hill (now Shelbourne Street) at a cost of £40. In...

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• Seddon Earthquakes of 2013

  Marlborough is no stranger to earthquakes, sitting as it does on its own fault system[http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthquakes/Major-Faults-in-New-Zealand], lying at the boundary of the Alpine Fault and the Kermadec Trench. seddon earthquakes geonet...

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