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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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Nelson and Tasman Floods
On Tuesday 13 December, 2011, as people began to plan for summer, it began to rain and didn't stop until Thursday 15 December. The torrential rain was caused by a trough stalled between a low in the...
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Kehu - Maori Guide Extraordinaire
Kehu described himself as Ngati Tumatakokiri, his father Tamane’s tribe, although he was also Ngati Apa / Ngai Tahu through his mother Mata Nohinohi. Tumatakokiri dominated the South Island northwest...
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Life on the Fault Lines
Marlborough's East Coast earthquakesMarlborough’s East Coast is cross hatched with fault lines so the large earthquakes of 2013 and 2016 should not have been surprising, although it is thought the 7.8...
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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 Redwood Family
Henry Redwood and early settlementThe Redwood family is remembered through place names in Nelson, Marlborough, and throughout New Zealand.It all began with Henry Redwood and his wife Mary (Gilbert),...
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Glenhope Pioneers
The pioneers of the Hope Valley are commemorated by a memorial at Glenhope.The small rock cairn was originially erected by the Owen Women’s Institute in 1935, close to Korere on the Nelson-Murchison...
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Flaxbourne
Life of a pastoral station Prior to European settlement, there was an abundance of seafood, eels and ducks in the area which was to become the South Island's first and largest pastoral station. However...
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Early Pastoralism in Marlborough
Marlborough's earliest pastoral history was one of initial squatter land occupation, battling the twin scourges of rabbits and sheep scab, and eventually, compulsory division of the huge sheep runs by...
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Cousins Clifford and Weld make their mark
In August 1847 Charles Clifford and his cousin, Frederick Weld drove 3000 sheep from Port Underwood to Flaxbourne: "Crossed the Bluff River with sheep. Had to throw them all into the water, a day and...
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The Bishop Suter Art Gallery
The death of a bishop, and the determination of his widow to found a gallery in his name for the people of Nelson, led to the establishment of one of New Zealand's oldest art galleries, the Bishop...
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Dr. Hubert Oscar Washbourn
Dr Washbourn and the Washbourn Memorial GatesDr Hubert Oscar Washbourn, known by family as Pete, arrived in Richmond in 1919 and during this year he bought Hillcrest Private Hospital. It was here that...
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Abel Tasman National Park
The Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand's smallest national park, is now a ‘must-walk' for many tourists, but not so long ago, it was well off the beaten track.On 7 May, 1957, the Nelson Evening...
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Seddon Earthquakes of 2013
Marlborough is no stranger to earthquakes, sitting as it does on its own fault system, lying at the boundary of the Alpine Fault and the Kermadec Trench.Map showing the 21 July quakes. Source...
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Wreck of the Queen Bee
The Queen Bee was a wooden barque of between 700 and 800 tons. A fine, roomy ship, she was one of the earliest vessels to bring immigrants to New Zealand and had made eleven passages from England, when...
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Tasman Ports timeline
The ports of Tasman Bay and Golden Bay were often the only links to the outside world for these regions in the early days. They were closely linked to the development of new and burgeoning...
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Brian Neill
In 2014 Nelson Youth Council conducted a series of interviews for Heritage Week 2015. They spoke with people involved in areas of health and medicine. This is one of a number of stories which were...
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Pioneering women artists
FRANK, Rosaline (1864-1954)Rosaline Margaret Frank (or Rose Frank) was one of New Zealand's first professional women photographers, and the first in Nelson. She was born on 21 December 1864. the...
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Wakapuaka Cemetery
WakapuakaOver the years the spelling of this area has altered between Whakapuaka and Wakapuaka, as has the pronunciation, depending upon changing dialects. The name originates from the legendary...
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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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