Tasman
Te Tai-o-Aorere
Golden Bay, where Abel Tasman's crew and local Māori met violently in 1642, and afterwards a quiet district of gold workings, hops and orchards.
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2 events in Tasman between 1842 and 1998
Nelson settlement established
The New Zealand Company’s second settlement was founded on a site with far less flat land than it had sold to its buyers.
NelsonThe Ngāi Tahu settlement
A claim first lodged in 1849 was finally settled: $170 million, an apology, and the return of Aoraki/Mount Cook, over land covering most of the South Island.
Ōnuku Marae, AkaroaMeanwhile, nationally
2 events that reached Tasman along with most of the country. They still shade the map and sit on the timeline above, but they are not Tasman’s own history.
New Zealand connected to the world by cable
A submarine cable from Sydney landed near Nelson, cutting news from London from three months to a few hours.
Cable Bay, NelsonErnest Rutherford wins the Nobel Prize
A farm boy from Brightwater took the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and went on to split the atom and discover the atomic nucleus.
Brightwater, Nelson