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• The Adamant and the Cospatrick

  The arrival of the first sailing ships, Arrow, Will Watch and Whitby, into Nelson Haven on Sunday 31 October marked the beginning of a remarkable period of history...

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• Nelson’s Early Churches

  The first settlers to Nelson brought with them a variety of religious beliefs and backgrounds. The system of hierarchy and emphasis on religion in immigrants' homelands were important, and...

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• Pioneers Park

  Opened officially as Pioneers Park in 1929, the name unofficially dropped the 's' in the mid-1930s and today is known by both names. Over the decades the Park...

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• Newsletter 5

  The Prow Newsletter, Issue 5, Summer/Autumn 2011 Kōrero from  Prow resources[#digdeep]Finding wom[#women]en in HIStory[#women]Digital storehouse[#digital]Follow us on Twitter[#twitter]The 2010 top ten[#topten] Download the newsletter as PDF It's Our Second Anniversary! In...

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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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