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Nelson

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Nelson is a city and unitary authority on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. Established in 1841 and made a city by British royal charter in 1858, it is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in the country.

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