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• John Jacobus (Jacob) Appoo

  You may well be familiar with the Nelson name Appo Hocton. His last name also appears on maps labeling the first gold strikes in the Aorere Goldfields a...

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• Colonial Summers

  Colonial Summers While family and friends back ‘home' spent the Christmas/New Year period engaged in traditional cold weather activities, Nelson's earliest European settlers found the colonial holiday period to be...

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• Picton's Anzac losses

  Many Picton and Sounds families suffered losses during World War One.  The original Jackson settlers lost four grandchildren.  This is the story of two other families. The Godsiffs John Godsiff,...

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• Tyree Brothers

  The Tyree brothers, Fred (1867-1924)  and William (1855-1924) were the sons of William Tyree, a shoemaker From Surrey, England, who emigrated to Otago, New Zealand in 1871. William (senior)...

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• Wreck of the Penguin

  The worst shipwreck in New Zealand, during the 20th century, happened in Cook Strait and was of the regular passenger ship taking people from Picton to Wellington.   Penguin...

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