New Zealand - Nelson - Nelson - 1954 Nelson - Settlement of Nelson began about 700 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 Tūmatakōkiri, Ngāti Apa and Rangitāne tribes. - Raids from northern tribes in the 1820s, led by Te Rauparaha and his Ngāti Toa, soon decimated the local population and quickly displaced them. (source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson,_New_Zealand) ---------------------- Image source: Nelson Railway Station Staff Archives New Zealand reference R25829716 AAVK 6390 B4796. Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga. https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/52062866593/