Pages tagged with: nelson

Google map locating memorials from the Nelson region

Hear about the introduction of rugby to New Zealand by Charles Monro in 1870

The man credited with introducing rugby to New Zealand is the Nelson-born Charles Monro.

Cover of a biography of Charles Monro

RSA memorial at Wakapuaka Cemetery in Nelson

Christ Church Cathedral war memorial plaques

World champion sculler started out as a top cyclist

Tobacco fields, Pangatotara, Nelson by Doris Lusk

View towards Mount Richmond, Nelson by Toss Woollaston

Burgess, Kelly and Levy were hanged. Joseph Sullivan, the fourth member of the 'Burgess gang', received a life sentence because he had turned Queen's evidence and helped convict his co-accused.

The first state secondary school in New Zealand, Nelson College opened in temporary premises in Trafalgar Street with a roll of just eight boys.

The Fifeshire arrived in Nelson with immigrants for the New Zealand Company's latest venture, which followed the settlement of Wellington, Whanganui and New Plymouth.

Hear a young girl describe presenting flowers to Queen at Nelson

Nelson First World War memorial

A huge crown dwarfs the Royal Couple as they walk down the steps in front of Nelson Cathedral, 16 January 1954

History and highlights of rugby in the Tasman region