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• W.A. Coppins

  From its beginnings as a saddlery in 1898 through to its most recent incarnation as an outdoors store and manufacturer of specialty textiles, 255 High Street has been owned...

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• Fleeing war torn Italy

  Post World War II Italian immigration to Nelson The desire to leave war-torn Europe resulted in a wave of post-World War II Italian immigration to New Zealand in...

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• Wearable Art

  Taking art off the wall and onto the moving bodyTM in rural Nelson in 1987 led to the establishment of one of New Zealand's premier cultural extravaganzas that...

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• Marlborough Aviation

  Imagine the excitement in August, 1920 when Captain Euan Dickson touched down in his Avro 504K, D6243 on a Dillon's Point (Blenheim) farm. He was en route from...

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• Maori and Whaling

  Ancient archaeological finds in Te Tau Ihu include whale tooth pendants, whalebone amulets and other adornments, and simulated whale teeth made from local serpentine. It is not clear whether...

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