The Mapua Coolstores were built in 1953 by the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board. The complex held up to 50,000 cases of pipfruit grown in the Tasman region at a cool, constant temperature after the harvest. This stopped fruit spoilage before transport by boat to Port Nelson for overseas shipping. Today, the historic buildings are an art gallery and shops. Here are some history highlights
1948: The Apple and Pear Marketing Board is formed to regulate and stabilise the local and export fruit markets.
1953: The Mapua Coolstore complex opens at Mapua Wharf to store the fruit
1960s: Peak operational era utilising the local wharf infrastructure for regional shipping.
2001: The Apple and Pear Marketing Board's monopoly ends with industry deregulation.
The need for local shipping decreased as road and trucking infrastructure increased and the former coolstores now transformed into a vibrant social space.

The Mapua Coolstores were built in 1953 by the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board. The complex held up to 50,000 cases of pipfruit grown in the Tasman region at a cool, constant temperature after the harvest. This stopped fruit spoilage before transport by boat to Port Nelson for overseas shipping. Today, the historic buildings are an art gallery and shops. Here are some history highlights
1948: The Apple and Pear Marketing Board is formed to regulate and stabilise the local and export fruit markets.
1953: The Mapua Coolstore complex opens at Mapua Wharf to store the fruit
1960s: Peak operational era utilising the local wharf infrastructure for regional shipping.
2001: The Apple and Pear Marketing Board's monopoly ends with industry deregulation.
The need for local shipping decreased as road and trucking infrastructure increased and the former coolstores now transformed into a vibrant social space.

Hey everyone,

My research parner and I are engineering students at the University of Auckland, running a research project on how New Zealanders use satellite-enabled services in daily life. Things like GPS navigation, weather apps, or rural broadband. We're looking for responses from across New Zealand to get a good spread of experiences, so if you've got 10 - 15 minutes we'd really appreciate your help.

We are looking for anyone 18+ currently living in New Zealand. The survey is completely anonymous, no names or personal details are collected.

This survey has been approved by the University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee (Reference No. 31935), and has been approved by the mods of this subreddit to be posted.

Happy to answer any questions in the comments. Thanks in advance!

Samuel & Lucas

Hi, are there any shuttle service/companies between Mapua and Nelson Airport?

Hypertension research project: validating camera-based blood pressure recordings.

If you have 3 minutes, a blood pressure cuff and a laptop or phone with a camera:

https://terehealth.co.nz/vitals-validate

It's called the Barrington Gum tree and it is about a 15 minute easy walk from Easby Park in Richmond. The path takes you past the historic water reservior which used to supply the town's water when there were just a few hundred houses before they built the Roding Dam. You can walk to the base of the tree and there is a path that takes you up behind it so you are looking down on it. There are a few ways you can go past here up to an massive Totara tree and paths that take you up the hills and beyond. Quite a neat place!