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• Skateboarding in Nelson

  Skate Boarding comes to New Zealand When Surfers made boards with wheels so they could ‘sidewalk surf’ in the USA in the 1950s, a new sport called skate boarding was...

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• Captain Edward Fearon

  The King of Motueka Times were turbulent when one of Motueka’s earliest Pakeha pioneers arrived to take up his newly-bought block of land. Edward Fearon had barely pitched his...

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• Wangapeka Gold

  Gold was known in the Wangapeka district from the late 1850s.1  However, although an award was paid in 1861 to prospectors for the discovery of gold in the area,...

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• Nelson Refinery and Tobacco

  The Nelson Refinery, currently the ArtSpace[#ArtSpace], was once the home of the Nelson Tobacco Company. New Zealand Tobacco Company In 1910 Gerhard Husheer[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4h38/husheer-johann-gerhard] emigrated to New Zealand to attempt to establish...

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• Aniseed Valley Copper

  The discovery of an outcrop of copper ore in the upper Aniseed Valley by Fred Stratford in 1881 led to the development of an industry that saw a...

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