Students pitch in to restore stream
Nelson Mail, The, Nov 14, 2002
Kelly LONEY
Nelson College students have been like ``rats up a drainpipe'' as part of a school environmental enhancement project, according to its coordinator.
The Little Go stream, once a green waste dump overgrown with weeds and damaged by stock, was now a habitat for birds and freshwater fish, project coordinator Bill O'Leary said.
College has big plans for Braemar land
Nelson Mail Dec 01 1998 - Josie Clarke
Nelson College has bought just over four hectares of neighbouring land that was formerly part of the Braemar Hospital site, to provide more space for students.
Headmaster Salvi Gargiulo said the college paid Nelson-Marlborough Health Services $360,000 for the land from funds set aside since 1981 for the college's future development.
New Bus for Braemar
"Earlier this year we visited Braemar Hospital to record the fund-raising activities of friends of the hospital The objective for this very hardworking band was a bus to take children at the hospital for picnics, educational tours and similar outings. Last month we visited the hospital again, this time to record the completion of the project - the handing over of a bus to the hospital.
Garden Party
The sun smiled warmly down upon the spacious grounds of Braemar Hospital where a big crowd parted willingly (or with a little persuasion) with more than $600 to aid the purchase of a bus to take the children for trips. Although a lot of money was paid out by visitors to the hospital, not all went away empty handed.
Asylum Opened
The Nelson Lunatic Asylum opened in 1864 on Waimea Road in what had been the Taranaki Barracks (which had housed refugees from the New Zealand Wars). The first comprehensive legislation for the administration of asylums, the Lunatics Act 1868, included provision for the delegation of government authority to provincial superintendents.
Asylum Location Choice
Sites considered for a central asylum near Nelson in 1858-59 ranged from 36-200 acres. An area of flat land of 50-75 acres was eventually chosen.
Land was purchased at a 'retired but romantic and easily accessible site' at Stoke, near Nelson, on which a 100 bed institution was envisaged.
Plans for a building in the old English style were drawn up.
Nelson becomes a city
"Usually a town became a city when it reached a certain population – 20,000 before 1989 and 50,000 thereafter. But the British monarch could proclaim a town a city by letters patent if it was the seat of a bishop. Christchurch became a city in this way in 1856 and Nelson followed in 1858."
Nelson College is started
"Usually a town became a city when it reached a certain population – 20,000 before 1989 and 50,000 thereafter. But the British monarch could proclaim a town a city by letters patent if it was the seat of a bishop. Christchurch became a city in this way in 1856 and Nelson followed in 1858."