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• New and altered geographic names of Te Tau ihu

  On 1 August 2014 a number of new or altered geographic names took effect as a result of the following Treaty Claims settlements: Ngāti Apa ki...

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• History of Nelson Rugby

  Charles John Monro, 1930 Charles John Monro, 1930 [founder of Rugby Union in New Zealand], The Nelson Provincial Museum, Cooper-Sharp Collection, 223693/9 Click to enlarge Of all Nelson's claims to...

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• Endeavour Inlet and the Antimony Mine

  Endeavour Inlet was so named by Captain James Cook[ship-cove-and-captain-cook/] after his ship Endeavour, which anchored in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1770.  At the time this, and other bays near...

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• Wreck of the Fifeshire

  The Fifeshire was one of the first New Zealand Company immigrant ships to arrive in the Nelson region; on its maiden voyage from London it carried 159 immigrants...

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• Mapua chemical plant

  This is a Your Story submitted as an opinion piece to the Prow website, for further documentation on the issue refer to Tasman District Council reports *Decontamination of the...

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