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• Settlement in Stoke

  Stoke was once a swampy area with numerous small streams. When Māori arrived in this area, it was a wetland with numerous streams draining water from the hills...

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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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• Jane Hunter, viticulturist

  “Hunter’s support many local community activities because it is important not only to foster relationships but add something back to the community which has given us credibility and support.” hunter Jane...

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• Sid Harling

  Blenheim mayor and ideas man In around 1950, the Harling family, Sid, Mary Grace and their daughter Wendy, settled in Blenheim, having migrated from Canada. New Zealand was not...

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• Piki mai

  The hilltop overlooking Whakatü is known to Mäori as Piki mai, which translates as ‘climb hither'. Piki mai was a staging point for the pakohe[pakohe-argillite/] (argillite) industry, the nearest...

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