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• 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,...

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• Ligar Bay

  A small Golden Bay settlement, Ligar Bay, is currently divided over a disagreement about the fate of eight small baches built on council land. A licence which permitted...

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• Joseph Ward

  Diarist, runholder, forthright politician Born in Staffordshire in 1817, Joseph Ward arrived in Nelson in December 1842 with his parents-in-law Henry and Mary Redwood. He had married his cousin...

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• Place names of Nelson

  When we stroll around the streets of Nelson, it is difficult to imagine what they would have been like 160 years ago.  The worn down tracks which have...

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• Seymour Square

  Blenheim's Seymour Square was, officially, named after Henry Seymour who, with his son-in-law Alfred Fell, owned the land on which The Beaver[blenheim-or-the-beaver/] (Blenheim) was built. It is also said...

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