People

Stories about the people who have played a significant, or interesting, role in the history and life of the top of the South Island of New Zealand.

Stories about the people who have played a significant, or interesting, role in the history and life of the top of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Effie and Ralphine Richardson

Tutaeporoporo

Stories of Tasman Bay or Te Tai-o-Aorere

Thomas Cawthron

Thomas Cawthron 1833-1915

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Boulder Bank Stories

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Matthew Campbell 1815-1883

Mary Ann Hodgkinson

One story of welcome - Mary Ann Hodgkinson

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John Kidson (senior) 1808-1875

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Matangi Āwhio

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Appo Hocton

Barnicoat Sketch Port Nelson Feb 25 1844

Poiwhai, Punawai and Mānuka Island

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Timber Pioneers - Brownlee and Baigent

Tahunanui first Post Office

Tāhunanui - the kāinga

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Samuel Stephens (1803-1855)

Whakatu monument for ihakara Takaka 1860

Wakatū or Whakatū

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Thomas Brunner (1821–74)

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The Naming of Nelson and its streets

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Charles Heaphy 1820-1881

Maitai River. Hargreaves Collection 8602. Nelson Provincial Museum

Mahitahi River

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Sarah and John Danforth Greenwood

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The Eel Pond

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Francis Dillon Bell 1822–1898

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Pakohe or Argillite

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William Fox, 1812-1893

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Succession of Iwi Māori in Nelson Districts

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