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• Edwin Hare Dashwood

  In researching Samuel Newport, my wife's great great grandfather, and other family members, I discovered transcripts of letters written by Samuel in November 1842. One letter was to G.H....

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• Barbers Saloon

  The barber's saloon recreated at Founders Heritage Park contains a selection of items used for haircutting and shaving, and smoking memorabilia from Nelson's golden age of tobacco growing. ...

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• Maori Soils

  The first Maori immigrants, who came from much warmer climes, were forced to adapt their horticultural methods quickly in order to survive. Kumara, in particular, required a long, warm...

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• Inangahua Earthquake

  On May 24th 1968 at 5.24 am the second biggest land based earthquake in New Zealand history struck the West Coast of the South Island creating chaos and...

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• Wiremu Kingi Te Koihua

  Te Koihua, who was the chief of Pakawau, Mohua, spanned the decades between authentic Maori lifestyle and the new society resulting from colonisation and European settlement.  He remained a...

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