Search Results

You searched for merchant ships

All words containing three letters or less are ignored

• Millers Acre

  Millers Acre, sits beside the Maitai River[maitai-valley/] and is in the heart of, what is now, Nelson City. It has been put to a number of uses over the...

  Read more about "Millers Acre or Taha o te Awa"...
  
  
• Buzz Falconer and the Talisman

  Nelson has lost most of its links with the wooden hulled scows that used to take produce around the bay and across the strait to Wellington. While the...

  Read more about "Buzz Falconer and the Talisman"...
  
  
• Port Nelson

  Nelson Haven has undergone remarkable change over the last 150 years. From its humble beginnings as a snapper spawning ground to the full scale international port here today,...

  Read more about "Port Nelson"...
  
  
• Port Nelson timeline

  Port Nelson has been integral to the development of Nelson, and has a long and fascinating history in its own right. This timeline highlights significant events in its development...

  Read more about "Port Nelson timeline"...
  
  
• Arthur Wakefield

  Captain Arthur Wakefield (1799-1843)  was regarded as a fine naval officer and after retiring early from the Royal Navy, became resident agent of the new Nelson settlement. He was...

  Read more about "Captain Arthur Wakefield"...