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The Collingwood fire of 1904
Collingwood, once a booming gold town and, as Gibbstown, mooted as the nation's capital in the 1850's, was virtually destroyed by fire in 1904.November 7, 1904, was a bleak day for the residents of...
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Takaka Hill tracks and roads
This story provides additional information about early access over Takaka Hill.Climber: Takaka Hill Road by chillicheese (Flickr image). Click to enlargeGeorge Murray and party left Riwaka 25 April...
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Buxton and Company Nelson Merchants
E. Buxton & Co Merchants was an importing and exporting business, selling everything from apple trees to firearms, women's hosiery to sausage skins.The business, first opened in 1855, was located...
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Ngai Tara at Appleby Pa
In the late 1500s when Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri were consolidating their hold over the western districts of Te Tau Ihu, a section of the closely-related Ngai Tara iwi from the Hataitai district of Wellington...
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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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Nelson Golf Club
Golf is a game in which able bodied men and women otherwise sane take savage swipes with a queer blunt instrument at an inoffensive little ball then walk miles looking for it.""1 During 1897, Nelson...
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Old Folks Hall Nelson
A well-used landmark of Nelson is the modest building beside the Trafalgar bridge with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the Maitai River. Constructed in the 1956, the hall was the brain child of...
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Nelson Hospital
The development of health servicesNelson’s first hospital was a lean-to attached to the barracks built on Church Hill in the 1840s. Various private cottage hospitals provided rudimentary medical...
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Ngawhatu Hospital
Ngawhatu Hospital… Home or nightmare?Ngawhatu Valley was the site of an orphanage industrial school, and later a psychiatric hospital. St Mary's Orphanage operated from 1886-1919. Ngawhatu Psychiatric...
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Marlborough Sounds Whaling
For nearly 140 years, whales on their annual migration north were spotted by whalers from hilltop lookouts at the entrance to Tory Channel. Whale chasing boats then raced out to harpoon them and tow...
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Nelson's Queens Gardens
Nelson's Queen's 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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Pearl Creek
Pearl Creek is a rare and precious wetland, once found right around the Waimea Inlet; habitats like this have been lost over the years to grazing, drainage and reclamation. Today Pearl Creek and its...
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Tahunanui Reserve artworks
In 2007 youth were consulted on what youth facility they wanted to have included at Tahunanui Reserve when the Park area was upgraded. Rather than a skate park, they asked for a free BBQ area and...
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State housing in Nelson
State housing in New Zealand, 1905-16 In 1905 The Workers' Dwellings Act was passed to allow central government construction of houses for workers on Crown land, appropriated under the lands for...
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Trafalgar Park
The last quarter of the 19th century was a period of stability in Nelson, which had become the busiest provincial port in New Zealand and a major commercial centre for central New Zealand. There was a...
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Trooper Leonard Tarrant and his Memorial
Trooper Leonard Mathews Tarrant and the Tarrant Memorial, Motueka QuayLeonard Tarrant was born 8 February 1871 to Henry Alexander Tarrant and Katherine, nee Saxon, in Brightwater. He came to Motueka...
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Marlborough women at war
New Zealand nurses served in both World Wars, providing devoted care to the war sick and wounded and displaying great courage. In 1914, Sister Ethel Lewis accompanied 400 patients from the frontline...
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Trooper Ralph Vincent James and his Monument
Collingwood lad, Trooper Ralph Vincent James 2483, died of enteric fever (typhoid fever) on 20 November 1900 at Zeerust Transvaal, South Africa while serving in the Boer War for the Fifth Contingent of...
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Tahunanui - the school by the sands
The story of Tahunanui School mirrors the rapid development its seaside location and the nearby beach into an established community and popular summer holiday destination.1View of Tahuna from Paddy's...
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Nelson's aviation history
Aviation’s influence on Nelson has been profound. With challenging road access, no outside rail link and the barrier of Cook Strait, Nelson had the reputation of being a ‘sleepy hollow’. A number of...
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