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Robert Ellis and Brightwater's electricity
Ellis Street in Brightwater is named after Robert (Bobby) Ellis "a man of considerable mechanical ingenuity and business acumen”. Bobby was responsible for the first electrical streetlights in the...
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Nelson brewing family
The story of the Duncans and the Founders Brewery Breweries were among the earliest businesses established after the settlement of Nelson began in 1842. Poalo and Pelham were the...
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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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St Marys Boys Orphanage Cemetery
St Marys Boys Orphanage Cemetery, Ngawhatu, Stoke Nelson St Marys Boys Orphanage was blessed and opened on 18 August 18861 by Bishop Francis Redwood. The New Zealand Government paid...
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Picton's Anzac losses
Many Picton and Sounds families suffered losses during World War One. The original Jackson settlers lost four grandchildren. This is the story of two other families. The Godsiffs John Godsiff,...
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