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Colleen Twin QSM
1983-1992 Waimea County Councillor 1983-1989 Tasman District Councillor 1989-1992 Colleen Twin Colleen Twin 31 December 1993. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: C17936. Because I had been involved in many activities...
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The Ghost of Tophouse
Tophouse Hotel Tophouse Hotel Click image to enlarge I am the new owner of Tophouse, since September 2007, and have researched the history of Tophouse and have found that apparently...
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Wreck of the Fifeshire
The Fifeshire was one of the first New Zealand Company immigrant ships to arrive in the Nelson region; on its maiden voyage from London it carried 159 immigrants...
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Wairau Affray
The Wairau Affray, also known as the Wairau Massacre or the Wairau Incident, was the first significant armed conflict between Māori and British settlers after the signing of the Treaty...
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The New Zealand Company, Nelson Settlement and the Tenths Reserves
The New Zealand Land Company, commonly known as the New Zealand Company, was a commercial colonising enterprise formalised in England in 1837. Its intention was to buy tracts of land...
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