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• Francis Dillon Bell

  New Zealand Company and Government officer Like many of Nelson's earliest European settlers, Francis Bell had a Quaker background. JSir Francis Dillon Bell Sir Francis Dillon Bell The...

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• Te Awatea Hou

  The stories behind the carvings   In 1990 a Top of the South Island Waka Taua was built by Te Runanganui o Te Tau Ihu o te waka a Maui (the confederation...

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• Story guidelines

  Guidelines for public submissions to The Prow One of the most exciting aspects of this project is that you can add your own stories to the website using...

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• The Murchison Earthquake

  *Shaky Ground* For centuries before Europeans arrived, Māori had experienced rū whenua - ‘the shaking of the land'. According to Māori tradition, earthquakes are caused by the god Rūaumoko (or...

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• Plane crash at Tākaka

  Max Heath survived World War II as a fighter pilot, came home to Tākaka and not long after, was killed in a plane crash.1 The 25-year-old warrant officer from...

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