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===Centre of New Zealand?===
The geographical "Centre of New Zealand" allegedly lies in Nelson; on a hilltop suspiciously convenient to the centre of the city. This supposed "centre" was simply the convenient starting point for the original trigonometrical surveys of the South Island. The '''true''' geographical centre lies in a patch of unremarkable dense [[scrubland|scrub]] in a forest on [[Spooner's Range, New Zealand|Spooner's Range]] near [[Tapawera]], 35 kilometres southwest of Nelson.

The first [[rugby football|rugby]] match in New Zealand took place at the Botanic Reserve in Nelson on [[May 14]], 1870, between the [[Nelson Football Club]] and [[Nelson College]] and an informative commemorative plaque was renovated at the western edge of the grassed area by [[Nelson City Council]] in 2006.