Nelson’s History, new local website
As a collaborative venture between the Nelson City, Tasman, and Marlborough District libraries, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and The Nelson Provincial Museum, the Prow aims to….
“celebrate, preserve and make accessible the history, culture and stories of the top of the South Island of New Zealand – Nelson, Marlborough and Tasman. The name has been chosen because the region from Farewell Spit to Marlborough’s East Coast, has long been known by local iwi as “te tau ihu o te waka a Maui”, or the prow of Maui’s waka, from which he ‘fished’ up the North Island.”
As a sample, here is their entry on Isel House / Park (pictured here, just 400m from where I live**.)
The aim was to establish and develop an online ‘one-stop shop’ along the lines of…..
“where people can read concise, fact-filled local stories and then use the subsequent lists of resources for further reading and research.”
…and it is already having an effect, with an article in this weeks “The Nelson Leader” picturing Garin College students utilizing the site to study its content.
According to the article, another creative use of the site is like the one put forward by Waimea College drama teacher Mel Stewart, who is “interested in using the site to inspire her pupils to write drama scripts.”
Explaining the exhaustive list of supplementary data, theprow organizers stated …..
“It gives students and researchers the opportunity to dig deeper into each story, with lists and links to a wide range of relevant sources and resources. Some of the resources in the lists are available from libraries and museums, others are accessible online.”
The report in The Leader also quotes a Richmond writer who worked on the site, Joy Stephens, as saying “there are more stories yet to be up-loaded…”
** – just noticed on Google Earth, although the spot is covered by cloud in the view I had, if you go to Stoke, Nelson, NZ around about 41-18′36.98″S and 173-14′41.51″E you can see four sunset / moonset photos that I have taken. At least on my Google Earth 4 it is. You’ll need to set your view down to an elevation of under 180m to be able to access them all.
March 16 2009 | Nelson | No Comments »
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