Nelson Whakatū (Māori)
Population: (June 2006 estimate)	60,500 (urban) 46,400 [2] (unitary)
Urban Area
Extent:	from Glenduan to the Wairoa River
Unitary authority
Name:	Nelson City
Mayor:	Kerry Marshall
Extent:	from Rai Saddle to Stoke
Land Area:	444 km²

The city of Nelson is close to the centre of New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island It lies at the shore of Tasman Bay, at the northern end of the South Island, and is the administrative centre of the Nelson region. Tasman Bay is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand 's South Island. The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island.

Nelson is a centre for arts and crafts, and each year hosts popular events such as the Nelson Arts Festival. The annual Wearable Art Awards began near Nelson and a museum is now housed close to Airport showcasing winning designs. The World of Wearable Art (WOW is a museum devoted to Wearable art and classic cars located in Nelson New Zealand, opened in October 2001 Nelson Airport,, is located in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

Brightwater, near Nelson is the birthplace of Lord Rutherford, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose image appears on New Zealand's $100 banknote, the largest denomination in circulation in New Zealand. Brightwater is a Town 20 kilometres southwest of Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand. Ernest Rutherford 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, PC, FRS (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937 was a New Zealand Physicist The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning A banknote (often known as a bill, paper money or simply a note) is a kind of Negotiable instrument, a Promissory note made by a

Nelson received its name in honour of the Admiral of the Fleet 1st Viscount Nelson who defeated both the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British The Battle of Trafalgar ( 21 October 1805) was a historic sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the Many of the roads and public areas around the city are named after people and ships associated with that battle and Trafalgar Street is the main shopping axis of the city. Inhabitants of Nelson are referred to as Nelsonians.

Nelson's Māori name, Whakatū,^[1] means 'build', 'raise', or 'establish'. This article discusses the Māori people of New Zealand For their language see Māori language, and for other meanings see Māori (disambiguation.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early settlement 1.2 New Zealand Company 1.3 Nelson Province 2 Geography 2.1 National Parks 2.2 Climate 2.3 Centre of New Zealand? 2.4 Population 3 Culture and the arts 3.1 Festivals 3.2 Architecture 3.2.1 Surviving historic buildings 3.3 Museums 3.3.1 Nelson Provincial Museum 3.4 Parks and zoo 4 Sister cities 5 Footnotes 6 See also 7 External links

History

Early settlement

Settlement of Nelson began about 1100 years ago by Māori. There is evidence the earliest settlements in New Zealand are around the Nelson-Marlborough regions. The earliest recorded iwi in the Nelson district are the Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Tumatakokiri, Ngāti Apa and Rangitane tribes. In New Zealand society iwi (iwi form the largest everyday Social units in Māori populations.

Raids from northern tribes in the 1820s, led by Te Rauparaha and his Ngāti Toa, soon decimated the local population and quickly displaced them. Te Rauparaha (1760s-1849 was a Māori chief and war leader of the Ngati Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars. Ngāti Toa ( Ngāti Toarangatira) an Iwi ( New Zealand Māori tribe traces its descent from the eponymous ancestor Toarangatira

New Zealand Company

The New Zealand Company in London planned the settlement of Nelson. The Diocese of Nelson is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. The New Zealand Company was formed in 1839 to promote the "systematic" colonisation of New Zealand. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. They intended to buy cheaply from the Māori some 200,000 acres (800 km²) which they planned to divide into one thousand lots and sell (at a considerable profit) to intending settlers. This article discusses the Māori people of New Zealand For their language see Māori language, and for other meanings see Māori (disambiguation. The Company earmarked future profits to finance the free passage of artisans and labourers and their families, and for the construction of public works. However by September 1841 only about one third of the lots had sold. Despite this the Colony pushed ahead.

Three ships sailed from London under the command of Captain Arthur Wakefield. Captain Arthur Wakefield ( 19 November 1799 – 17 June 1843) was the second brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, founder of the Arriving in New Zealand, they discovered that the new Governor of the colony, William Hobson would not give them a free hand to secure vast areas of land from the Māori or indeed to decide where to site the colony. Captain William Hobson RN ( 26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was the first Governor of New However, after some delay, Hobson allowed the Company to investigate the Tasman Bay area at the north end of the South Island. The Company selected the site now occupied by Nelson City because it had the best harbour in the area. But it had a major drawback: it lacked suitable arable land; Nelson City stands right on the edge of a mountain range while the nearby Waimea Plains amount to only about 60,000 acres (243 km²), less than one third of the area required by the Company plans. In Geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to Plough) is an agricultural term meaning land that can be used for

The Company secured a vague and undetermined area from the Māori for £800 that included Nelson, Waimea, Motueka, Riwaka and Whakapuaka. Motueka is a town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the mouth of the Motueka River, on the western shore of Tasman Bay Riwaka is a small town in the north of New Zealand 's South Island. This allowed the settlement to begin, but the lack of definition would prove the source of much future conflict. The three colony ships sailed into Nelson Haven during the first week of November 1841. When the four first immigrant ships arrived three months later they found the town already laid out with streets, some wooden houses, tents and rough sheds. These ships were the Fifeshire, the Mary-Ann, the Lord Auckland and the Lloyds. Within 18 months the Company had sent out 18 ships with 1052 men, 872 women and 1384 children. However, fewer than ninety of the settlers had the capital to start as landowners.

Notably, the early settlement of Nelson province included a proportion of German immigrants, who arrived on the ship Sankt Pauli and formed the nucleus of the villages of Sarau (Upper Moutere) and Neudorf. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Upper Moutere (originally called Sarau by its founding German settlers is a locality in the Tasman District near Nelson at the top of New Zealand These were mostly Lutheran Protestants with a small number of Bavarian Catholics.

After a brief initial period of prosperity, the lack of land and of capital caught up with the settlement and it entered a prolonged period of relative depression. Organised immigration ceased until the 1850s and the labourers had to accept a cut in their wages by a third. By the end of 1843 artisans and labourers began leaving Nelson and by 1846 some twenty five percent of the immigrants had moved away.

The pressure to find more arable land became intense. To the south-east of Nelson lay the wide and fertile plains of the Wairau Valley. The New Zealand Company tried to claim that they had purchased the land. The Māori owners stated adamantly that the Wairau Valley had not formed part of the original land sale and made it clear they would resist any attempts by the settlers to occupy the area. The Nelson settlers led by Arthur Wakefield and Henry Thompson attempted to do just that. This resulted in the Wairau Affray, where 22 settlers died. In New Zealand history the Wairau Affray on June 17, 1843, also known as the Wairau Massacre in most older texts was the first serious clash The subsequent Government enquiry exonerated the Māori and found that the Nelson settlers had no legitimate claim to any land outside Tasman Bay.

Nelson Province

From 1853 until 1876, when provincial governments were abolished, Nelson was the capital of Nelson Province. (For the current top-level subdivision of Nelson in New Zealand see Nelson New Zealand) The Nelson Province was a province of New The provincial anniversary date for Nelson Province is 1 February and a public holiday is celebrated on the nearest Monday. An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn meaning (returning yearly known in English since c. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Lists of holidays The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English-speaking countries and continents but will usually refer to one of ^[2]

Geography

The Nelson Tasman or "Top of the South" region is administered as two unitary authorities by Nelson City Council and the (much larger in geographical area) adjoining Tasman District Council, headquartered in Richmond 15 kilometres to the south west. Christ Church Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Nelson New Zealand. See also Independent city A unitary authority is a type of Local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all Local government functions Nelson City Council is the Territorial Local Authority for part of the "Top of the South" or Nelson Tasman region of New Zealand. Tasman District Council is the Territorial Local Authority for the Tasman District of New Zealand. Richmond is the seat of the Tasman District Council, located 13km south of Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand, close to the southern It is between Marlborough, another unitary authority, to the east, and the West Coast Regional Council to the west. Geography Marlborough's geography can be roughly divided into four sections Naming To New Zealanders the term 'The Coast' generally refers to the West Coast of the South Island, and 'Coasters' to those that live there

For some while there has been talk about amalgamating[3] [4] [5] the two authorities in order to streamline and render more financially economical the existing co-operation between the two councils, exemplified[6] by Nelson Tasman Tourism, their jointly owned tourist promotion body.

Nelson has beaches and a sheltered harbour. The harbour entrance is protected by a Boulder Bank, a natural, 13km bank of rocks transported south from Mackay Bluff via longshore drift. The Boulder Bank is a very unusual naturally formed land form in Nelson New Zealand. Longshore drift (sometimes known as shore drift, LSD or littoral drift) is a geological process by which Sediments such as sand The bank creates a perfect natural harbour which enticed the first settlers although the entrance was narrow. The wreck of the Fifeshire on Arrow Rock (now sometimes called Fifeshire Rock in memory of this disaster) in 1842 proved this ^[3]. A 'cut' was made in the bank in 1906 which is now essential to allow deeper berthed ships to the port.

The creation of Rocks Road around the waterfront area after the Tahunanui slump^[4] in 1929 increased the effects of the tide on Nelson city's beach, Tahunanui, and removed sediment. This meant the popular beach and adjoining car park was being eroded (plus the sand dunes) so a project to replace these sands was put in place and has so far proved a success. In physical Geography, a dune is a Hill of Sand built by Aeolian processes.

National Parks

Nelson is surrounded by mountains on three sides with Tasman Bay on the other and the region is the gateway to Abel Tasman National Park, Kahurangi National Park, Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa in the Nelson Lakes National Park. Abel Tasman Kahurangi National Lake Rotoiti is a substantial mountain Lake within the borders of the Nelson Lakes National Park. Lake Rotoroa lies within the borders of Nelson Lakes National Park in the South Island. Nelson Lakes It is a centre for both ecotourism and adventure tourism and has a high reputation among caving enthusiasts due to several prominent cave systems around Takaka Hill and Mounts Owen and Arthur, which hold the largest and deepest explored caverns in the southern hemisphere. Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is a form of Tourism that appeals to ecologically and socially conscious individuals Adventure travel is a type of Tourism involving Exploration or Travel to remote exotic and possibly hostile areas where the traveler should "expect A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter Takaka Hill is a range of hills located in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. There is also a mountain in the West Coast Range of Tasmania named Mount Owen Tasmania Nettlebed Cave is a Limestone Cave located in the Mount Arthur region of the northwest South Island of New Zealand.

Climate

Many people believe Nelson has the best climate in New Zealand, as it regularly tops the national statistics for sunshine hours, with an annual average total of over 2400 hours. ^[5]

Weather averages for Nelson
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	22. 4 (72)	22. 4 (72)	20. 8 (69)	18. 1 (65)	15. 2 (59)	12. 9 (55)	12. 4 (54)	13. 1 (56)	14. 9 (59)	16. 8 (62)	18. 7 (66)	20. 5 (69)	17. 4 (63)
Average low °C (°F)	13 (55)	12. 9 (55)	11. 4 (53)	8. 2 (47)	4. 9 (41)	2. 4 (36)	1. 6 (35)	3. 1 (38)	5. 4 (42)	7. 9 (46)	9. 8 (50)	11. 8 (53)	7. 8 (46)
Precipitation mm (inches)	72 (2. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric 8)	57 (2. 2)	78 (3. 1)	86 (3. 4)	77 (3)	85 (3. 3)	86 (3. 4)	90 (3. 5)	73 (2. 9)	92 (3. 6)	82 (3. 2)	75 (3)	970 (38. 2)
Source: NIWA Climate Data[6] 1971 – 2000

Weather averages for Nelson, New Zealand
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °F	74	75	70	66	60	56	54	56	63	64	68	71	65
Average low °F	54	54	51	48	42	39	37	38	42	43	48	52	46
Precipitation inches	2. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric 9	2. 8	2. 9	3. 1	3. 2	3. 5	3. 4	3. 2	3. 4	3. 5	3. 0	3. 0	37. 9
Average high °C	23	22	21	18	15	13	12	13	17	17	20	21	18
Average low °C	12	12	10	8	5	3	2	3	5	6	8	11	7
Precipitation cm	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	96
Source: Weatherbase[7] Aug 2007

Centre of New Zealand?

The geographical "Centre of New Zealand" allegedly lies in Nelson;^[8] on a hilltop near the centre of the city. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric However, this supposed "centre" was simply the convenient starting point for the original trigonometrical surveys of the South Island. The true geographical centre lies in a patch of unremarkable dense scrub in a forest in Spooners Range near Tapawera, 35 kilometres south-west of Nelson. Scrubland is a Plant community characterized by scrub Vegetation. Tapawera is a small town in New Zealand 's South Island. It is located 30 kilometres southwest of Nelson by the banks of the Motueka River. ^[9]

Population

Nelson's total population rose from 41,568 in 2001 to 42,888 in 2006, while Tasman district's rose from 41,352 to 44,625, to exceed that of Nelson for the first time. ^[10]

Figures released on 23 April 2007 by Statistics New Zealand showed that 3,774 people born in the United Kingdom and Ireland lived in the Nelson City Council area and made up 9. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world 1% of its population [7] - the highest proportion of residents from the United Kingdom and Ireland in New Zealand - with another 9. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world 5% born overseas. Although Statistics New Zealand no longer keeps statistics for numbers of residents born in the German-speaking countries, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Wellington has stated that a greater proportion of German speakers live in the Nelson and Bays area than anywhere else in New Zealand. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. There was a 23. 7% rise in the number of Asians living in Nelson and a 35. 4%rise in Tasman district.

Culture and the arts

As the major regional centre, the city offers many lodgings, restaurants, and unique speciality shopping such as at the Goldsmiths where "The One Ring" in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy was designed. A goldsmith is a Metalworker who specializes in working with Gold and other Precious metals usually in modern times to make Jewelry. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ^[11]

• Nelson has a vibrant local music and arts scene and is known nationwide for its culturally idiosyncratic craftsmen and women. These include Potters, Glass Blowers (such as Flamedaisy Glass Design and Höglund Art Glass Studio & Gallery),Fibre Spectrum Handweavers & Fibre Artists' Studio^[12] and dozens of Wood carvers using native New Zealand macrocarpa and Southern beech. Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating the molten glass into a bubble or parison with the aid of the blowpipe or blow tube Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract Cupressus macrocarpa ( Monterey Cypress, Macrocarpa; syn Callitropsis macrocarpa (Hartw Nothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of about 35 Species of Trees and shrubs native to the temperate oceanic

• Nelson is a popular visitor destination and year-round attracts both New Zealanders and international tourists. ^[13]
• The Saturday Nelson Market is well known and you can buy direct from local artists. ^[14]

• Art organizations include the Suter Gallery^[15] and Nelson Arts Festival. ^[16]

The first rugby match in New Zealand took place at the Botanic Reserve in Nelson on May 14, 1870, between the Nelson Football Club and Nelson College, and an informative commemorative plaque was renovated at the western edge of the grassed area by Nelson City Council in 2006. Rugby football (usually just " rugby " may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of Football developed at Rugby School Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nelson College is a boys-only state secondary school in Nelson New Zealand. Nelson City Council is the Territorial Local Authority for part of the "Top of the South" or Nelson Tasman region of New Zealand.

Festivals

Music lovers may attend the biennial Nelson School of Music Winter Music Festival, the Adam New Zealand Festival of Chamber Music [8] and the annual Jazz Festival.

The Taste Nelson festival at Founders Park highlights this region's gastronomy, the Festival of Possibilities features well-being and wonderment, while the Suter International Film Festival screens 20 non-Hollywood films in late May to June every year.

The Nelson Kite Festival takes advantage of the reliable sea breezes that blow inland from Tasman Bay across Neale Park each afternoon with kite lovers arriving from around New Zealand and from overseas.

Architecture

Unlike many towns and cities in New Zealand, Nelson has retained many Victorian buildings in its historic centre and a whole street has been designated as having heritage value: South Street

Surviving historic buildings

Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson
Amber House
Broadgreen House
Cabragh House
Chez Eelco
Founders Park Windmill
Isel House
Melrose House
Nelson Central School Renwick House
South Street Cottages
Victorian Rose Pub

Museums

Nelson Provincial Museum

The Literary and Scientific Institute of Nelson (1842) was the first museum in New Zealand^[17][18] and in October 2005 returned to its original Town Acre 445 site, at the corner of Hardy and Trafalgar Streets. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. Christ Church Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Nelson New Zealand. Amber House is one of the older two story villas in New Zealand 's third founded city of Nelson in the top of the South Island at 46 Weka Street Cabragh House ( school and residence) is considered an historic site for exemplarising late Victorian furnishings and provincial New Zealand vernacular architecture Nelson Central School is a state primary contributing school located in the inner city of Nelson at the top of the South Island of New Zealand Amber House is one of the older two story villas in New Zealand 's third founded city of Nelson in the top of the South Island at 46 Weka Street A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the It is open at 10:00 every day of the year, except Good Friday and Christmas Day. Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday ("Pascha" Pupuri Taonga O Te Tai Ao (in Māori) showcases the Nelson region's history, from geological origins to the stories of individuals and families. ^[19]

This museum holds over 1. 4 million treasures collected during the past 160 years in a NZ$5 million modern building funded by the regional communities of Nelson and Tasman.

Collections include:

• Kingdon-Tomlinson family silver collection dating from 1594–1800 and consisting of over 140 pieces. It was gifted by Deed of Trust to the people of Nelson and the surrounding region by Julie Annie Tomlinson in 1959. A trust instrument (also sometimes called a deed of trust, where executed by way of Deed) is an instrument in writing executed by a Settlor used to constitute

• Bett Collection (the nucleus of an extensive and growing historical library and archives). Dr Francis Arnot Blackader Bett (1873–1957) passionately collected books, photographs, maps, documents, sketches and paintings relating to the Nelson province. )

• Marsden Collection. A rare and beautiful collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century antique furniture, plate, glassware and porcelain - including Sevres, Dresden and Worcester. Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures The manufacture nationale de Sèvres is a Porcelain factory located in Sèvres, France. Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures Royal Worcester manufactures Bone china and in particular Porcelain. This has been consolidated from an original bequest together with separate holdings held by the Cawthron Institute and the Anglican Diocese of Nelson The Marsden Book Collection is also held at the museum dating from 1773 to the early 1920s and relates to natural history, discovery and exploration of the Pacific. A bequest is the act of receiving Property by will. Strictly "bequest" is used of Personal property, and "devise" of Real property Cawthron (formerly the Cawthron Institute) is a scientific research institute based in Nelson New Zealand. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs The Diocese of Nelson is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia.

• Tyree Studio Collection of more than 105,000 photographic negatives is one of the most comprehensive social history collections in New Zealand. In photography a negative may refer to three different things although they are all related William Tyree (1855–1924) and Frederick Tyree (1867–1924) were the sons of a master boot-maker from Surrey, England. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In 1871, the Tyrees arrived in New Zealand. By 1878, William had established the Tyree Studio in Trafalgar Street, Nelson, and by 1884 his younger brother, Frederick, and Rosaline Frank were working as his assistants. Their Aunt's Victorian decorative tiled fireplace is installed in Amber House nearby. Family denotes a group of People affiliated by consanguinity affinity or co-residence Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of Decorative arts during the Victorian era. A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as Ceramic, stone, metal or even Glass. A fireplace is an architectural element consisting of a space designed to contain a Fire, generally for Heating but sometimes also for Cooking Amber House is one of the older two story villas in New Zealand 's third founded city of Nelson in the top of the South Island at 46 Weka Street

Until 1895, William Tyree methodically documented and recorded the social history of the region and from 1910, when he moved to Sydney, Rosaline Frank managed the Tyree Studio. Frederick Tyree established his own photographic business in Takaka, Golden Bay, and continued his interest in photography until his death in 1924. Takaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand 's South Island, located on the lower reaches of This is about Golden Bay in New Zealand For other uses see Golden Bay (disambiguation. Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing The Tyree Studio continued to operate until 1947 under the ownership of Rosaline Frank.

• The Nelson Mail Photographic Collection of images from 1979 to 1994. More than 205,000 individual negatives and growing.

• Other collections: Geoffrey C Wood Collection, F N Jones Collection, Manson Collection, Prouse Collection, Nelson College Collection, Jenkins Collection, F G Gibbs Collection, Greenwood Collection, Knapp Collection, W E Brown Collection, Ellis Dudgeon Collection, Reg & Hugh Kingsford Collection, The Nelson Evening Mail Newspaper Collection, The Examiner, The Colonist. Nelson College is a boys-only state secondary school in Nelson New Zealand.

Parks and zoo

Nelson has a large number and variety of public parks and reserves maintained at public expense by Nelson City Council^[20]. A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human

The compact Natureland Zoological Park close to Tahunanui Beach is popular with young children, where they can closely approach wallabies, monkeys, meerkats, llamas and alpacas, Kune Kune pigs, otters, and peacocks. A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys two of the three groupings of Simian Primates the third group being The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta is a small Mammal and a member of the Mongoose family The llama ( Lama glama) is a South American Camelid, widely used as a Pack animal by the Incas and other natives of the Andes The Alpaca ( Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American Camelid. The Kunekune (also Kune kune, Kune-kune or Kune; pronounced "coonie coonie" is a small breed of Domestic pig from New Zealand Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times Otters are semi- aquatic (or in one case aquatic) fish-eating Mammals The otter subfamily Lutrinae forms part of the family Peacocks may refer to Peafowl Peacocks (retailer There are also turtles, tropical fish and a walk through aviary. Turtles are Reptiles of the Order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the Crown group Chelonia) most of Tropical fish include Fish found in tropical environments around the world including both freshwater and salt water species An aviary is a large enclosure for confining Birds. Unlike cages ' aviaries allow birds a larger living space where they can fly hence aviaries are also ^[21] However, due to lack of funding Natureland is due to be shut down at the end of March 2008^[22]

Sister cities

• Miyazu, Japan
• City of Huangshi, People's Republic of China;
• Eureka, California, USA

Footnotes

See also

• Nelson Airport

External links

• Nelson travel guide from Wikitravel
• Nelson City Council
• Nelson Tasman Tourism
• The Harlequin Guide to Nelson

Nelson Airport is an airport in Nelson, New Zealand. Approximately 1 Wikitravel is a Web -based project "to create a free, complete up-to-date and reliable worldwide travel guide.

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