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1350	Rapuwai, Waitaha, Ngatimamoe and Ngai Tahu iwi use the region as a food and flax resource
1642	Dutch Explorer Abel Tasman drops anchor at Farewell Spit and is attacked and driven out by local iwi
1770	Captain Cook sails around Farewell Spit
1820s	Te Atiawa, Ngari Rarua and Ngati Tama arrive in the area, driven south by Te Rauparaha
1829	Dumont d’Urville sailed into Tasman Bay
1842	Captain Wakefield lands at Separation Point and begins surveying Golden Bay
1843	European settlers arrive in Collingwood, which was at the time called Gibbstown and was put forward as a potential capital city of New Zealand
1899	First contingent of soldiers leaves for the Boer War
1985	Mr Wiesenhavern exhibits 60 different varieties of apples at the Nelson A and P Show.

People: Dumont D'Urville

French Explorer of the Nelson region

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was born on 23 May 1790 at Condé sur Noireau, Normandy, France. He was the son of Gabriel Charles François Dumont d'Urville, a civil and criminal judge and heir to vast estates, and his wife, Jeanne Françoise Julie Victoire de Croisilles, who belonged to one of the oldest families of French nobility.

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