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• Cyril Spear's Words of War

  The diaries of a Nelson Evening Mail journalist provide some of the most compelling accounts of World War I to be written by a Nelson soldier. Cyril Saunderson Spear...

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• Nelson Matinee

  Those were the days, the days of the matinee It was the immediate post war years and Saturday matinees were all the rage with our generation of kids....

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• Marj Matthews of Redwoodtown

  Matriarch of Redwoodtown Marj (Marjory) Matthews, who died on 15 February (2011), had a good nose for business and a keen eye for property, and was the driving force...

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• The Collingwood fire of 1904

  Collingwood, once a booming gold town and, as Gibbstown, mooted as the nation's capital in the 1850's, was virtually destroyed by fire in 1904. November 7, 1904, was a...

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• Wakapuaka Cemetery

  *Wakapuaka *Over the years the spelling of this area has altered between Whakapuaka and Wakapuaka, as has the pronunciation, depending upon changing dialects. The name originates from the legendary explorer...

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