With her glazed over expression, this automaton doll is creepy but fascinating…
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At about 1 a.m. on 18 September 1917, there was an explosion on board the SS Port Kembla
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Being cold in bed is not just a comfort issue
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The name Gottfried Lindauer is renowned in New Zealand. The recent donation of a Lindauer painting to Nelson Provincial Museum sheds light on the less well-known connection that the artist has to Nelson.
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The Second World War was the greatest conflict ever to engulf the world, taking 50 million lives. It shaped the world we have lived in ever since.
15 August 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War.
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The Moller Fountain has graced Haven Road for eighty years, beautiful by day and night. It was first turned on at an opening event on 7 August 1940. Find out more about the history of this iconic Nelson landmark.
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John Nash arrived in New Zealand in 1845 with the 65th Regiment of the British Army.
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In 1820 the Kurahaupō iwi of Te Tauihu o Te Waka a Māui (Top of the South Island) were visited by the Russians. Hamuera Robb, our Kaitiaki Taonga Māori writes about the connection that remains to this day between Tōtaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound), and St Petersburg in Russia.
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