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• James Sinclair

  Fiery, ambitious Scotsman was ‘King of the Beaver’ Born in Caithness, in the north of Scotland,1 James Sinclair was described as a clear-headed, strong-minded Scotsman, who, by his dominating...

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• Heritage Tree Tales

  Nelson is blessed with some spectacular heritage trees – many with interesting stories to tell. All of these, and more, are listed in the New Zealand Tree Register.[http://register.notabletrees.org.nz/] *College Gate...

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• James Wynen

  How James Wynen ended up in a Nelson hotel where he died in 1866 is a mystery.1 But the story of the ‘decent and respectable native of the...

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• Life on the Fault Lines

  Marlborough's East Coast earthquakes Marlborough’s East Coast is cross hatched with fault lines so the large earthquakes of 2013 and 2016 should not have been surprising, although it is...

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• Margaret Churchward, business woman

  Margaret was born in her family's Nelson Street home in Blenheim in 1915, as the only child of William and Lucy Churchward. William was a well known lawyer...

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