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• Ben Crisp and the Band of Hope

  Ben Crisp was a reformed drunkard who took an abstinence pledge in 1843, inspired by the sermons of teetotaller and Temperance Society leader Alfred Saunders. He was born in London, England, probably on...

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• John Ribet of Hope Junction

  John Ribet 1835-1890. From France to Kawatiri : Mine Host of the Hope Junction Hotel Ribet was born in France in 1835, and baptised into the Roman Catholic Church...

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• Nelson Suter Art Society

  One Hundred and Twenty Years of Art in the Nelson Region Nelson has always been a community entrenched in, and fascinated by art. For 120 years, the Nelson...

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• Maori

  There are eight tribes in Te Tau Ihu (Nelson–Marlborough): Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō (from the Kurahaupō canoe) Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Toa Rangatira (from the Tainui canoe) Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau...

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• St Mary's convent

  *Our once fine French edifice 1* The Convent of the Immaculate Conception sat at the top of the Manuka Street hill from 1892 to 1983.  It was a...

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