A bridge that bound the Motueka Valley
For early settlers in the Motueka Valley, bridges were more than infrastructure. They were lifelines
For early settlers in the Motueka Valley, bridges were more than infrastructure. They were lifelines
For more than three decades, Golden Bay residents pressed for a public cottage hospital in Tākaka, f
About 1920, Mr Bassett, a retiring mining engineer from Hokitika, made a visit to rugged country nea
Dr James Hudson arrived in Nelson from Wellington in 1880 to join Dr Sealy in general practice in Ha
A routine wartime flight from Nelson to the West Coast ended in tragedy when a small passenger plane
Polo, often described at the time as ‘hockey on horseback’, arrived in Nelson in 1873, marking what
A visit from a battleship and decades of determination marked the long journey to a new Murchison sc
A hotel built beside the Motueka Jetty in late 1858 quickly became one of the district’s busiest and
The beginnings of schooling in Hampden, now Murchison, can be traced back to November 1882, when Geo
The Tapawera community gathered at the Druid’s Hall in June 1917 to farewell brothers Edwin John and
The devastating Murchison earthquake of June 1929 was felt far beyond the Buller region, with Golden
As settlements spread across the South Island, the need for a reliable postal service quickly became
Rats by the thousand swarmed the Nelson district in the latter part of 1884, disrupting daily life f
For decades, crossing the river between Motueka and Riwaka was a dangerous and uncertain task, with
At the Wallis home, daily life was shaped by a firm belief that children should be fully equipped fo
For more than 80 years, a smart two-storey brick building stood on Queen Street, Richmond, housing g
Nelson’s long-vanished mudflat rifle range was born out of necessity, shaped by military law and com
Passing through Neudorf, it is hard to miss the old, dilapidated but strangely beautiful building si
At the Wallis home, daily life was shaped by a firm belief that children should be fully equipped fo
Nelson’s much-loved A and P Show at Richmond Park was once an annual highlight for farmers, tradespe