Nelson City Council

Promoting world peace between peoples

Sister Cities was established by United States President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, as a means of promoting world peace through people-to-people relationships. Since then, it has grown to be an internationally-recognised organisation.

Go to the Sister Cities New Zealand website

Nelson's Sister Cities

Nelson has three sister cities:

• Miyazu, Japan, formalised their Sister City link in May 1976
• Huangshi City, Hubei, People's Republic of China, formalised their Sister City link in 1995
• Eureka, California, United States, formalised their Sister City link in early 2004