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Photo Gallery
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![Inside a bus filled with elderly people sitting and smiling. Some people are looking at the camera, while others are reading or talking. The bus has large windows with curtains, and outside, trees and parked cars are visible.]()
Nelson North Field Trip 2026
All aboard the bus for our 2026 field trip to the Nelson North area.
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![Two older men smiling and standing close together indoors, one wearing a black shirt and the other a checkered shirt with a name tag that reads "Ken Wright" in a room with wooden accents and a white wall with a clock in the background.]()
Gerard Hindmarsh & Ken Wright
Golden Bay Author Gerard Hindmarsh (left) with Nelson Historical Society life member Ken Wright. Gerard spoke to the March 2026 meeting about his latest book Hard-Case Heroes.
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![A man wearing glasses, a black cap, and a blue t-shirt with a 'Hero Rats' logo, standing next to a life-sized anatomical model of a female human torso with exposed muscles, bones, and internal organs, in an indoor setting with a small window and a table with a vase of flowers in the background.]()
Ari Edgecombe with anatomical torso
Curator and artist Ari Edgecombe delighted everyone with his remarkable 1945 anatomical torso, an item in the Founders Heritage Park collection at our February 2026 meeting.
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![Two men standing behind display cases filled with fossils and rocks inside a room with stained glass windows in the background.]()
David Watt and Darran Kerei Keepa
Darran Kerei-Keepa (Ngati Kuri- Ngai Tahu), Pouarahi, Pouhere Taonga – Heritage NZ spoke to our February 2024 meeting. Darran is pictured here with David Watt (left) from Heritage NZ and some taonga.
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![Annabel Schuler with her book on Constance Barnioat]()
Annabel Schuler with her book on Constance Barnioat
Writer/researcher Annabel Schuler was a guest speaker at our August 2024 meeting, on A Cool Head and a Sharp Pen - a biography of Constance Barnicoat.
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![A woman with face paint, wearing a patterned headband and earrings, is leaning against a window with her eyes closed as rain hits the glass. There is a reflection of her with a similar headband on the window.]()
An image from photographer Melissa Banks exhibition
Te Ara o Hine Rēhia is a homage to kapa haka in Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui (the top of the South Island). Photographer Melissa Banks spoke to our July 2025 meeting about the exhbition.
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![A small white church with green trim, pointed roof, and tall narrow windows, surrounded by a group of elderly people standing on the grass outside, with a few trees and a blue sky with some clouds in the background.]()
Nelson North Field Trip 2026
A visit to St John the Evangelist Church, as part of the Nelson North Field Trip March 2026
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![A man with a gray shirt, black vest, and black beanie sitting at a table with an open book, a laptop, and photographs, surrounded by gray shelves filled with boxes in a storage room or archive.]()
Darryl Gallagher
Darryl Gallagher, Senior Curator Photography, Nelson Provincial Museum has spoken to the society about the world-renowned Tyree Collection and photographer F.N. Jones. Image: Darryl Gallagher, courtesy of Nelson Provincial Museum
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Mike Hutcheson
Guest speaker Mike Hutcheson shared his research into the alchemy of innovation and creativity at our 2025 James Jenkins lecture at The Suter.
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![Two women sitting at a table with vintage botanical illustrations of various plants and herbs spread out in front of them.]()
Catherine Field-Dodgson and Michelle Leggott
Authors Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson with their beautifully illustrated book, Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris. The authors were our 2023 James Jenkins speakers.
