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• Vernon Lagoons

  The ponds, marshes, lagoons and tidal estuaries fed by the Wairau and Opawa Rivers had always been the richest year-round food resource in the Cook Strait area.  Major fighting...

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• Shipping and trade on the Ōpaoa River

  At one time, Picton was described as Marlborough's front door and the Ōpaoa/Opawa River as the tradesmen's entrance, but in the early days of European settlement, river trade was...

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• Flooding on the Wairau Plain

  Blenheim and the Wairau floodplain have experienced at least one damaging flood every decade since European settlement. In the early days, floods occurred so often and flood control works...

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• The Redwood Family

  Farming, Racing and the Church *Henry Redwood and early settlement* The Redwood family is remembered through place names in Nelson, Marlborough, and throughout New Zealand. It all began with Henry...

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• Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum and Resource guide

  Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum and Resource guide This topic guide has been produced by Hilary and the late John Mitchell for schools in Te Tau Ihu. *Years 1...

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