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• Ben Crisp and the Band of Hope

  Ben Crisp was a reformed drunkard who took an abstinence pledge in 1843, inspired by the sermons of teetotaler and Temperance Society leader Alfred Saunders. He was born in London, England, probably on...

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• The Wairau Valley Cemeteries

  *Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd* In the town of Wairau Valley in Marlborough,  there are two main cemeteries which have been used over the past 160 years. One...

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• Hans Busch 'A Great Miser'

  *German settlement* In 1841 the New Zealand Company dispatched an expedition to establish its second New Zealand settlement, to be named Nelson. The Company was very successful in attracting settlers and, ambitious...

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• The Greig Brother's of Dillons Point; Early Settlers of Beaver Station

  Settlers came from all walks of life and all nations when the New Zealand Company[sitetree_link,id=113] began promoting farmlands ripe for the picking in Aotearoa. Two Scottish boys, aged in...

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• The Remnants of Taylor Ford

  By the banks of the great Awatere River, nearby to Taylor Pass road, there once stood a township known as Taylor Ford upon the river terraces. A bustling...

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