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Tāhunanui
Tāhunanui, an area of dynamic landscape, has had a history independent of the Town of Nelson. *The name * Tāhunanui Beach was commonly known as ‘The Sands' until a competition...
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Percy Adams and his gates
Percy Adams Memorial Gates, Wakapuaka Cemetery Percy Bolland Adams was born in Marlborough on 5 March 1854. His fatherWilliam Adams[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc05Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d2-d2.html], owner of Langley Dale[http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1479]1 station, was a Lawyer, was briefly the Marlborough...
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Old Folks Hall Nelson
A well-used landmark of Nelson is the modest building beside the Trafalgar bridge with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the Maitai River. Constructed in the 1956, the hall was...
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Croquet in Nelson
Croquet was introduced to the Nelson area by the German immigrants[sitetree_link,id=65] who arrived on the Saint Pauli[http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/early-settlers/voyageDetails.aspx?voyageid=42] and settled in the Moutere district. Croquet became the accepted pastime of colonists...
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Mapua's Changing Tides
On a Sunday afternoon in the summer down at the Mapua Wharf, with teenagers and kids leaping off the wharf and parents enjoying a coffee at a nearby...
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