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• Protecting Nelson Haven

  Public pressure and commonsense saved Nelson Haven A large part of Nelson Haven might have been ‘a place of sprawling ribbon development’ on reclaimed land at Wakapuaka, if a...

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• A communal lifestyle

  During the 1970s, many alternative lifestylers established communes to escape materialism and the pressures of society. They were attracted to rural Tasman and Golden Bay by the beautiful environment,...

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• James Sinclair

  Fiery, ambitious Scotsman was ‘King of the Beaver’ Born in Caithness, in the north of Scotland,1 James Sinclair was described as a clear-headed, strong-minded Scotsman, who, by his dominating...

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• Wairau Affray

  The Nelson Settlement, planned in England, was to consist of 221,100 acres of cultivable, arable land. Despite warnings of insufficient land of suitable quality in Tasman and Golden Bays,...

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• Marlborough's Flax Industry

  Marlborough had perfect growing conditions and was noted for the excellent quality of its flax.1  Native flax (Harakeke/Phormium tenax) grew in swampy land and on the low foothills and...

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