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• Construction of Rocks Road

  *Rocky Road to Completion* WhenFrederick Tuckett[frederick-tuckett/], the chief surveyor of the New Zealand Company[new-zealand-company/]was setting out the plan for Nelson, the only viable access to the farmlands of the Waimea...

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• Riverside Murals

  The Riverside Murals project started 30 November 2013,  setting out to create a mural gallery of eight different styles by eight local artists. It was proposed by local artist Chris Finlayson[http://www.finlaysonart.co.nz/],...

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• Wakefield's Libraries

  From the Nelson Examiner, 23 July 1856 *Local Intelligence* OPENING OF THE WAIMEA SOUTH LITERARY INSTITUTION. On Thursday last, the first building erected in Waimea South for a Literary Institution...

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• Wakapuaka North

  About 14km North of Nelson is a picturesque area that one might think of as just farmland. Ngāti Tama settled here around 1825 and have recently signed a...

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• Timber Pioneers

  William Brownlee (1828-1917)and Edward Baigent (1813-1892) were two of Marlborough/Nelson's most successful sawmillers. Generations of both families continued to work in the timber and forestry industries until the end...

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