More activities of interest

Arts and entertainment

Arts and crafts

There are several working pottery and craft galleries in the region and artists' studios which are open to the public See more details in the 'Nelson City Arts Trail' brochure and the excellent 'Nelson Regional Guide Book - Art in its Own Place' which can be obtained from: Nelson Bays Arts Marketing, +64 3 539 0828.

Cinemas

State Six-Screen Cinema Centre, Trafalgar Street Phone: +64 3 548 3885

Suter Cinema, Bridge Street. Screens art house movies from Thursday - Sunday. Can be booked through the State Cinema.

Restaurants

Nelson has a wide range of BYO and licensed cafés and restaurants, in the city and along the waterfront. Fresh seafood features on most menus - don't miss the local oysters and scallops in season. Visit the Nelson Tasman Tourism website for more detailed information on places to eat, or look in the yellow pages of the Nelson phone book.

Markets

Saturday Nelson Market

The Saturday Market is a major local attraction on Saturday mornings from 8am - 1pm in Montgomery Square. Crafts, produce, gourmet food, food stalls, junk and curios. Contact: +64 3 546 6454. Visit the Nelson Market's website.

Monty's Sunday Market

9am - 1pm in Montgomery Square. Produce, plant and food stalls. Treasure and bargain seekers delight.

Historic places

South Street

This is Nelson’s most well known and loved historic precinct, surviving as a unique group of cottages showing everyday housing from the 1860s up until the end of the 19th century. The South Street Gallery, on the corner, was a builder’s business in its early days. The two-storeyed building on the other corner was built by the City of Nelson Civic Trust in 1999.

Off Nile Street West, South Street captures the feel of a past era. The 16 working-class cottages built between 1863 and 1867 remain intact and are still lived in. South Street Gallery sells works by several Nelson potters.

Services and maps

Taxis

Nelson City Taxis, Phone +64 3 548 8225

Sun City Taxis, Phone +64 3 548 2666

Medical services

Emergency doctor, ambulance, emergency dentist: Nelson Hospital. Phone +64 3 546 1800.

Day and night duty doctor service: City Care, 202 Rutherford Street. Phone +64 3 546 8881.

Urgent Chemist

Prices Pharmacy: Corner Hardy and Collingwood Streets. Phone +64 3 548 3897. Open 7 days a week. 8.30am - 8.00pm.

Other services

Nelson Tourism Services

284 Trafalgar Street Phone: +64 3 546 6338

Nelson tourism services website

Nelson Tourist Activities

28A Bridge Street. Phone: +64 3 548 7803

Automobile Association

45 Halifax Street. Phone +64 3 548 8339

Department of Conservation

DOC has a counter at the Nelson Visitor Information Centre during summer.