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• Nelson Haven and Trafalgar cycleway

  In pre-European times the Haven and the Maitai River[maitai-valley/] formed a mahinga kai or food gathering destination for Maori. Seasonal camps were occupied to gather nature’s bounty. Charles...

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• Nelson's power struggle

  Electricity was not commonly used in New Zealand until late in the 19th Century, with some cities and towns using electricity for street lighting and trams from 1888....

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• Grant Palliser

  Grant Palliser was born in Christchurch on 6th of October 1949. Palliser's attention was first drawn to art when he was eight years old. His Uncle painted copies...

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• Huangshi Chinese Garden

  Nelson's Chinese Garden Commissioned in December 2001, the Huangshi Chinese Garden was officially opened on 14 November 2007 with ten delegates from Nelson’s sister city, Huangshi, in the...

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• Flooding on the Wairau Plain

  Blenheim and the Wairau floodplain have experienced at least one damaging flood every decade since European settlement. In the early days, floods occurred so often and flood control works...

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