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Brightwater's School for Girls - 1880-1889
In the late 1870s the population of Brightwater grew very quickly. Schools in the area included Spring Grove School and River Terrace School. Both schools were very overcrowded and a long way for...
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Brightwater's School for Boys - 1888-1889
The brick school In 1887 Spring Grove School was overcrowded and run down, it was also the only school in the Brightwater area that educated senior boys. Instead of just upgrading the existing school,...
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Brightwater Tuna
Waimeha HeritageBrightwater is part of the Waimeha Plains, and is along the traditional trading route for Māori between Whakatū (Nelson) and Te Tai Poutini (The West Coast). A number of pā or Kāinga...
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How Brightwater got its name
"Bright water for me" According to some sources, Brightwater was named after the bright, clear waters of the Wairoa River. In part this may be true, but it seems more plausible to attribute the naming...
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The Wairau Valley Cemeteries
Anglican Church of the Good ShepherdIn the town of Wairau Valley in Marlborough, there are two main cemeteries which have been used over the past 160 years. One is tucked neatly between the community...
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1918 Influenza pandemic in Nelson
The 1918 influenza pandemic has been called "the world's biggest disaster of the twentieth century"1, and its lessons continue to be significant. The outbreak killed more people than World War I - an...
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Richmond Park emergency hospital 1918
On 15 November 1918, with influenza patients crowding the fever ward and an overflow marque at Nelson Hospital, a decision was made to ask the Agricultural and Pastoral Association if they could make...
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Ngaire Lane
Ngaire Galloway, nee Lane, who has lived in Nelson since the 1950's, is currently New Zealand's oldest living Olympian - as a swimmer competing in the 1948 London Olympics.Ngaire Lane with M. Ingram...
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Griffins Factory
For just under 120 years, the Griffins Factory was a landmark in Nelson and a big part of the city's economy.Griffin Sons City Flour Mill Biscuit Factory Nelson Provincial Museum Collection 317557 [the...
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Sergeant John Nash
The Police Act 1886 established New Zealand's first national, civil, police force. Sergeant John Nash of Nelson was the first non-commissioned member appointed to this Force on 1 September 1886. He had...
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