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• The Mahitahi or Maitai River

  The river flowing through Whakatū, or Nelson is commonly known as the Maitai, however this is probably a corruption of its original name of Mahitahi or Maitahi. The...

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• Wills Tobacco and the Pethybridge Memorial Rose Garden Motueka

  On 26th November 1964, a memorial plaque and rose gardens were dedicated to Charles Edward Pethybridge, by G.W. Johnston, Chairman of the Tobacco[sitetree_link,id=104] company W.D & H.O Wills (NZ)...

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• Construction of Rocks Road and sea wall

  *Rocky Road to Completion* When Frederick Tuckett, the chief surveyor of the New Zealand Company, was setting out the plan for Nelson, the only viable access to the farmlands...

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• Phyllis Field

  *Phyllis Field (nee Griffin) 1914-2007 - the early years* Phyllis was born in 1914, the youngest child of George and Caroline Griffin. Her father was manager of the Griffin...

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• Matangi Āwhio - Auckland Point

  Matangi Āwhio or Auckland Point has a long history of occupation dating back to 1450, when the tupuna (ancestor) Pohea established it as a pā (fortified settlement) and, according to...

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