Editing Nelson, New Zealand (section)

== Notable people ==
{{main category|People from Nelson, New Zealand}}
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* [[Sophia Anstice]] – seamstress and businesswoman
* [[Harry Atmore]] – politician
* [[Francis Bell (New Zealand politician)|Francis Bell]] – politician
* [[George Bennett (cyclist)|George Bennett]] – cyclist
* [[Chester Borrows]] – politician
* [[Mark Bright (rugby union)|Mark Bright]] – rugby union player
* [[Jeremy Brockie]] – footballer
* [[Cory Brown]] – footballer
* [[Paul Brydon]] – footballer
* [[Mel Courtney]] – politician
* [[Ryan Crotty]] – rugby union player
* [[Rod Dixon]] – athlete
* [[Frederick Richard Edmund Emmett]] – music dealer and colour therapist
* Dame Sister [[Pauline Engel]] – nun and educator
* [[Finn Fisher-Black]] – cyclist
* [[Rose Frank]] – photographer
* [[John Guy (New Zealand cricketer)|John Guy]] – cricket player
* [[Isaac Mason Hill]] – social reformer, servant, storekeeper and ironmonger
* [[Frederick Nelson Jones]] – inventor
* [[Nina Jones]] – painter
* [[Charles Littlejohn]] – rower
* [[Liam Malone]] – athlete
* [[Simon Mannering]] – rugby league player
* [[Aldo Miccio]] – politician
* [[Marjorie Naylor]] – artist
* [[Edgar Neale]] – politician
* [[Geoffrey Palmer (politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]] – politician and former Prime Minister
* [[Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)|Nick Smith]] – politician
* [[Frank Howard Nelson Stapp]] – concert impresario
* [[Rhian Sheehan]] – composer and musician
* [[Riki van Steeden]] – footballer
* [[Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)|Mike Ward]] – politician
* [[George William Wallace Webber]] – postmaster, boarding-house keeper and farmer
* [[Nate Wilbourne]] – environmentalist
* [[Guy Williams (comedian)|Guy Williams]] – comedian
* [[Paul Williams (comedian)|Paul Williams]] – comedian
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