Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, Volume 1, Issue 2, November 1982

Charles Heaphy. Narrative of a Residence in Various Parts of New Zealand – (1842) pp. 100–107

Charles Heaphy. Narrative of a Residence in Various Parts of New Zealand – (1842) pp. 100–107

Heaphy confines his account of Nelson to its geographical features and makes practically no reference to the story of its settlement.

Writing under the pseudonyn "Kappa". John Ward, a young naval surgeon wrote a booklet –