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• Early Nelson College

  Fire, earthquake and a Nobel laureate Nelson College was established in 1856 with high hopes that Nelson would become  the ‘Eton of the South’. Nelson college lithograph Nelson College. Principal's...

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• Nelson College - a boys' eye view

  There was much speculation amongst the boys when word got out in 1881 that Nelson College’s governors were considering establishing a ‘Ladies College’. “This has caused quite a flutter...

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• James Akersten

  Landscape and studio photographer, James Akersten spent many years living and working around Havelock and Nelson and many of his photographs are in collections at theNelson Provincial Museum[http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/] and...

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• Taonga Pūoro or Singing Treasures

  The first Polynesian settlers in Aotearoa were greeted by a noisy soundscape and a plethora of new materials for making musical instruments.  Centuries later, the botanist Joseph Banks[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/banks-sir-joseph] described the...

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• Trask Memorial Gates Queens Gardens

  Francis Reuben Trask (1840 – 5 April 1910) was a 20th-century Member of the Legislative Council from Nelson, New Zealand and Mayor of Nelson.  He also served on...

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