Audio walks and heritage panels

Heritage audio walks and GPS mapping

Take our stories onto the streets. The Prow hosts a range of heritage walks, each being a package which includes a map, both as printable PDF and GPS, a series of stories and links plus a downloadable MP3 compatible audio guide. These packages have been put together by Nelson City Council, and cover various themes and places within the City. We hope to cover more areas soon.

In addition, use the recreation feature in Top of the South Maps  to discover more about locations in Nelson/Tasman - places of interest, National Parks and reserves, tracks and dog exercise areas.

• Mayoral Memories - Nelson mayors buried at Wakapuaka Cemetery
• Melrose House Garden - a garden history tour
• Nelson's Dress Circle - landmarks in the Brougham Street area
• Nelson Literary Ramble - sites with literary associations in the Central area
• Nine near Nile - nine significant sites on, or near,  Nile Street
• Tracing Nelson's Tideway - Nelson's original waterline
• The Art of Wakefield Quay - stories behind the art and artists
• Italians: a memorial walk - early Italian settlers buried at Wakapuaka Cemetery
• Nelson's murals - a selection of murals in the city centre
• Miyazu Garden
• Huangshi Chinese Garden
• Queens Gardens
• Nelson's hidden shoreline - a continuation of Tracing Nelson's Tideway
• Port Museum at Founders Park
• Demon drink - pubs of Central Nelson.

 

Nelson Heritage Panels

As you walk around Nelson, you will find a number of Nelson City Council heritage panels. Read these at your leisure on the Prow:

• Aratuna Normanby Bridge
  Founders Heritage Park Interpretation panel. Nelson City Council
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• PikiMai 
• Pioneers Park
• Elliott Street Heritage Precinct 
• Broadgreen House
• Bishop School Nelson 
• Alton Street
• Anzac Park and surroundings 
• Haven Road and Fountain Place 
• St Andrew Church and early Wakapuaka  
• Miyazu Garden
• Roding Valley Waterworks 
• Aniseed Valley Copper
• Maitai Dam 
• Nelson Haven & trafalgar cycleway
• Maitai Valley & Tantragee arboretum
• Millers Acre
• Tahunanui
• Sir Stanley Whitehead and the Park
• Nelson's Boathouse
• Te Rangi Maternity hospital - and PDF of panel
• Marsden Valley and Earle Norriss
• Day's Track
• Nelson ships and World War I
• Ben Crisp and the Band of Hope
• Te Rangi Maternity Hospital
• Botanical Reserve
• Quakers Acre Cemetery
• Settlement in Stoke
• Nelson School of Music
• Nelson's Riverside Pool
• Early Jewish settlement in Nelson
• Trafalgar Centre
• Robert Tod and Todd's Valley
• Nelson Roller sports club
• Marine Baths of Nelson
• Nelson Refinery and tobacco
• Ngawhatu Hospital, Orphanage and Valley
• Orchards of the Nelson region
• The Wood

Or read alternative versions of those stories:

• Founders Park
• Theatre Royal
• Development of Tertiary Education - Nelson technical School to NMIT
• Queens Gardens
• Fairfield Graveyard 
• Branford Park
• Dun Mountain Railway
• Nelson Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Nelson's Landmark Cathedral
• Nelson's Church steps
• Isel House - the legacy of the Marsden Family
• Port Nelson
• Nelson railway
• New Zealand's first game of rugby
• Auckland Point Market - Matangi Awhio
• Heritage Tree Tales - Songer Tree and the Timeball
• Nelson Public Libraries
• Rocks Road
• Fairfield House
• Path to nuclear-free Nelson (Peace Panels)
• Nayland Pool
• Sport in Stoke (Saxton Field and more)

Tasman District Heritage Panels

Heritage panels of the following stories can be found on the streets, scenic spots, and walking and cycle trails around the Tasman District.

Richmond and Waimea

Golden Bay / Mohua