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Nelson Golf Club and the links course
A links course for the top of the SouthThe Nelson Golf Club (NGC) is one of the finest provincial golf courses in New Zealand. It has been in existence for 116 years and its facilities have been...
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Sunnyside and the Fells
The house called Sunnyside, located in Nelson's "dress circle", and completed in 1854, was built for Alfred Fell, a prominent, mid-19th century Nelson citizen. The house forms the basis of the larger,...
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W.A. Coppins
From its beginnings as a saddlery in 1898 through to its most recent incarnation as an outdoors store and manufacturer of speciality textiles, 255 High Street has been owned and operated by the Coppins...
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Endeavour Inlet and the Antimony Mine
Endeavour Inlet was so named by Captain James Cook after his ship Endeavour, which anchored in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1770. At the time this, and other bays near the entrance to the Sound, were...
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Bishopdale College
A unique and inspirational institution, Bishopdale Theological College is the only college of its kind to ever exist in provincial New Zealand. Its evangelical convictions have remained true and it has...
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Nelson School of Music
A Unique VisionWhen Nelson's European settlers wanted music, they had to make it themselves. By 1852, the small Nelson community, then numbering more than 2000, had formed a short lived Philharmonic...
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Nelson's WWI Red Cross Flag
At 2.5m long and almost 1.5m high, an enormous flag - roughly the size of a king-sized sheet – was created during WWI to raise money for Nelson troops posted overseas.The Red Cross Flag. Nelson...
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Nelson Provincial Buildings
These days, a glance along Nelson's skyline reveals our city’s prominent buildings; the Clock tower, the Rutherford Hotel and the Cathedral. Rewind one hundred years, however, and you would discover...
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Nelson's Queens Gardens
Nelson's Queens Gardens have been a prominent feature in Nelson City for over a century. The development of the beautiful Victorian styled gardens first began on the 22nd of July 1887 with Mayor Fell...
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St Mary's convent
Our once fine French edifice 1The Convent of the Immaculate Conception sat at the top of the Manuka Street hill from 1892 to 1983. It was a large wooden building with an overall height of 87 feet...
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Captain Edward Fearon
The King of MotuekaTimes were turbulent when one of Motueka’s earliest Pakeha pioneers arrived to take up his newly-bought block of land. Edward Fearon had barely pitched his tent and made a start on...
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The Hale family and the second Colonial landscape
The work of early nurserymen can be seen in Nelson and all over New Zealand. Their work marks significant milestones from the Queen’s Jubilee to the commemoration of the lives of public figures. It...
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The Saxton legacy
Bridging Nelson City and Tasman District, Saxton Field is a major regional sporting facility, but the land it sits on used to be part of a large farm originally owned by early settler and gentleman...
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Blick Cloth
Blick Cloth is reputed to be the first woven cloth in New Zealand. It was also known as Nelson Cloth or Nelson Tweed, and was 'described as 'good rough woollen cloth' (Anon,1845:5).1 It was...
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Light Nelson
Celebrating the Darkness2013 saw the creation of an artistic experience unique to Nelson, an ambitious artist-led concept whereby local people are actively encouraged to engage with multiple light...
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McCashin's Brewery
Many milestones in New Zealand's beer history are associated with the Nelson region. The country's second commercial brewery was opened on the corner of Hardy and Tasman Streets in 1842, and possibly...
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The Adamant and the Cospatrick
The arrival of the first sailing ships, Arrow, Will Watch and Whitby, into Nelson Haven on Sunday 31 October marked the beginning of a remarkable period of history which brought many hundred sailing...
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Oshi Shinobu
A study of the Nelson Seido dojoNelson is not a big city, but it is home to a gift that supports, ameliorates and strengthens even those who do not know of its existence. The Nelson Seido karate dojo...
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Spring Grove School
Spring Grove School and the TeeTotal GoatsIn 1845, when Brightwater was still part of Spring Grove, there were a growing number of pākeha families settling on Section 34, or the ‘TeeTotal’ section as...
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Nayland Kindergarten
In September 1962, a meeting was held to consider the formation of a committee for the proposed Nayland Kindergarten. In those days, in order to have a new kindergarten, the committee was required to...
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