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• Roy Sowman's Lodge

  In the early 1950s, Roy Sowman built a modest edifice on the edge of Neiman Creek on the Waimea estuary.  What started out as a boatshed, from which...

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• Pearl Creek

  Pearl Creek is a rare and precious wetland, which was once found right around the Waimea Inlet; habitats like this have been lost over the years to grazing,...

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• Salisbury Footbridge 1887-2010

  Bridges come and bridges go, especially in Bainham, where the Aorere River in a raging flood can leave a trail of destruction. The upright wooden straining posts of...

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• A Woman of the Wairau

  When young Stella Maxted arrived in the Wairau Valley from Blenheim, she did not know that she was to become part of a valley dynasty and farm there...

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• Nelson's WWI Red Cross Flag

  At 2.5m long and almost 1.5m high, an enormous flag - roughly the size of a king-sized sheet – was created during WWI to raise money for Nelson...

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