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• Wreck of the Penguin

  The worst shipwreck in New Zealand, during the 20th century, happened in Cook Strait and was of the regular passenger ship taking people from Picton to Wellington.   Penguin...

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• Waimea Plains

  From Grain and Cows... to Vegetables and Wine Over the years land use on the Waimea Plains has changed to meet changing markets and lifestyles. In the early...

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• Theodore Rigg and World War One

  Theodore Rigg (KBE,  1888-1972) was highly regarded as Director of the Cawthron Institute in Nelson from 1934-1956.  During World War One, as a Quaker,  he devoted himself to philanthropic...

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• Wakatu or Whakatu?

  Many Māori names of localities and landscape features are no longer known, and where they have been preserved, the reason for the name may have disappeared in the...

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• The deer park in Todds Valley 1910-1916

  When settlers arrived in Nelson in 1841 there were few animals or game birds readily available as a source of food.  Some animals and plants were introduced in...

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