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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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• George Batt -Drover and Bullocky

  George Batt, Drover and Bullocky, 1854- 1931 George Batt was born in 1854 in the Waimea Plains area near Nelson, the sixth child of John and Ann Batt...

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• Sir Stanley Whitehead

  Sir Stanley Austin Whitehead (1907-1976),  Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Speaker of the NZ House of Representatives from 1972-1976,  is best known...

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• Lake Grassmere

  When Kupe[kupe-and-the-boulder-bank/] circumnavigated New Zealand, c. 900 AD, Maori tradition is that he was obstructed by the inhabitants in the vicinity of, what is now, Lake Grassmere.  In revenge...

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• Tracing Nelson's Tideway

  Tracing Nelson's tideway takes you on a sometimes surprising journey. Use the audio guide and map to retrace Nelson's original shoreline. Download MP3  See...

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