Maori first came
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to the Nelson region in the 1300s for seasonal fishing, gathering and horticulture. It is the site of the first recorded contact between Māori and Pākehā, after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sailed along its coasts in 1642. That encounter did not end well...
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