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Southern suburbs of Nelson (right) and the nearby town of Richmond (left) seen from the air. Nelson ( Māori: Whakatū) is a New Zealand city and unitary authority on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island. It is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in New Zealand; it was established in ...
Nelson Province was constituted in 1853 under the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, and originally covered the entire upper South Island, including all of present-day Buller, Kaikoura, Marlborough, and Tasman districts, along with Nelson City, Grey District north of the Grey River, and the Hurunui District north of the Hurunui River.
Map of provinces after 1852. New provinces were formed by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. This Act established a quasi-federal system of government and divided the country into the six provinces of Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago. [8] [9] Each province elected its own legislature known as a provincial ...
Department of Conservation. Nelson Lakes National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand, at the northern end of the Southern Alps. It was created in 1956 (one of four created in the 1950s). [ 1][ 2] The park contains beech forests, multiple lakes, snow-covered mountains and valleys created by glaciers during the ice ages.
A map showing population density in Tasman District and Nelson City at the 2006 census. Tasman District had a population of 52,389 at the 2018 New Zealand census. There were 19,545 households, comprising 26,028 males and 26,361 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female.
1860: During the First Taranaki War nearly 1,200 Taranaki refugees including women and children are relocated to Nelson. 1876: The Nelson Province is abolished under the Counties Bill of 1876. 1892: The New Zealand Church Mission Society (NZCMS) was formed in a Nelson church hall. 1901: 1st Regiment, Nelson Mounted Rifles formed in Nelson.
Port Nelson, as its name suggests, is the main port area of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies to the northwest of Nelson city centre, to the north of Washington Valley, at the southern end of Nelson Haven. The harbour entrance lies at the southwestern end of Boulder Bank, immediately to the west of Port Nelson. [ 3]
Pages in category "Suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.