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Marlborough's first newspaper
Timothy Millington and George Coward, two Englishmen who came to Marlborough via Australia and Nelson, started the Marlborough Province’s first newspaper in Blenheim, or the Beaver, on 6 January 1860....
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Onekaka Ore
It took nearly 50 years of exploration, analysis and debate 1 before Onekaka’s rich iron ore resource was to be commercially processed in 1922. While the Onekaka Iron and Steel Company had plenty of...
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John and Kurapa Davis
We are inclined to think of New Zealand residents of the nineteenth century as being of either Maori or European background but during the latter half of the nineteenth century there was a couple...
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The Golden Waikoropupu
Legends of taniwha protecting the healing waters of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest cold water springs, tales of hardship in the backbreaking search for gold, and the story of how the prospectors’...
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Nelson College - a boys' eye view
There was much speculation amongst the boys when word got out in 1881 that Nelson College’s governors were considering establishing a ‘Ladies College’. “This has caused quite a flutter of excitement to...
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Robinson Bros of Stoke
Robinson Bros in Main Road Stoke was originally an export orchard set up in 1910 by Thomas Robinson. Thomas was born in Clough, Northern Ireland in 1845 and sailed to New Zealand in 1873. He spent...
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Kate (Kathleen) Light BA, JP.
Motueka Borough Councillor 1977-1980 and 1986-1989 andTasman District Councillor 1989-1992 'A Woman's Place is in the House' (of Representatives) was a slogan from the Women's Movement of the 70s'. To...
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Women Decision-Makers of Tasman 1944-2018
In 1893 when women gained the right to vote in central and local government elections there were several local authorities in the Tasman area. Gradually these have been amalgamated, culminating in the...
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Faith Price
Nelson City Councillor 1986 - 1989How did I come to stand for Nelson City Council? I woke one morning thinking that probably ordinary people could stand for Council. A long-serving female councillor...
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Women Decision-makers of Nelson 1956-2018
Like many cities in New Zealand, the present geographic boundaries of Nelson City Council have enlarged somewhat over the years. Originally Tahunanui, Stoke, Atawhai and the Whangamoa Riding were part...
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William Stud Bovey
William Study Bovey, 1872-1917, was one of the eight Stoke men who died in World War One. He is commemorated on the Stoke Memorial Gates.William Stud Bovey. Image supplied by authorClick image to...
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The Brownlees enterprise
William Brownlee, and later his son John's, sawmilling enterprise was far more of a struggle than most reports suggest. The Brownlee family, with a number of close relatives, who all hailed from...
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Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku
Marlborough's Sacred MountainThe peak of Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku, which can be seen from all over Marlborough - and from parts of Christchurch, Taranaki and Wellington on a clear day, is New Zealand's...
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Dr Thomas Renwick
A busy settler in early Marlborough and NelsonDr Thomas Renwick was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1818, trained as a doctor in Edinburgh and undertook a voyage to India and back in 1840-41 as the...
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Tobacco
The growth and production of tobacco brought wealth, jobs and growth to Motueka and was integral to the social fabric of the district for more than 70 years. But the financial well-being of the crop...
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Robert Tod of Todds Valley
Merchant, shipbroker and commission agent, Robert Tod, left his home in Glasgow in the 1820s and lived in Egypt prior to coming to New Zealand. He arrived in the 1840s, when land was being opened up...
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Alfred and Amy Allport
Alfred Valentine Allport and Amy nee Hill, later Biddle: Seaview Cemetery Block 8, Plot 148 & 149Alfred Valentine Allport was born in 1869 to Alfred and Ellen.1 The grave of Alfred Allport at...
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Jocelyn (Jo) Raine
Waimea County Councillor 1986 - 1989 Nelson City Councillor 1989 - 2003 Deputy Mayor 1998 - 2001 Jocelyn (Jo) Raine was elected to the Waimea County Council as the Whangamoa riding representative in...
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The Taranaki Refugees
The Taranaki War of 1860 had a lasting legacy for both Maori and Pakeha communities in Taranaki and Te Tau Ihu.The impact of the war on Taranaki Maori and Maori/ Pakeha relations in Te Tau Ihu, plus...
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Fairfield House and garden
The spirit of a gardener made early marks on the land at the top of Trafalgar Street, on Sections 1089 and 1089a. Settler Neil MacVicar, upon receipt of the land from the Crown in 1851, set about...
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