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• Piki mai

  The hilltop overlooking Whakatü is known to Mäori as Piki mai, which translates as ‘climb hither'. Piki mai was a staging point for the pakohe[pakohe-argillite/] (argillite) industry, the nearest...

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• William Fox

  New Zealand Company agent, artist, explorer, Premier  A qualified lawyer, William Fox sailed to New Zealand on the George Fyffe with his wife Sarah, arriving in Wellington on 7...

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• Nelson's war memorials

  ANZAC Day on 25 April each year is a time to remember those who died in war.  Nelson has many memorials, which reveal some of the stories of...

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• Jack Rawson at Gallipoli

  Nelson resident, Dick Rawson, tells the story of his father’s role, as a doctor, in World War I. This is part three of Jack Rawson’s story. Part one...

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• Nelson's Church Steps

  *The Church Steps - centre of the community* "Meet you at the church steps" is often heard in Nelson and the steps, from the bottom of Trafalgar Square...

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