Marlborough

Marlborough is a region at the north-eastern end of the of , chock full of great food to eat and intriguing sights to see. It is renowned for its high sunshine hours, New Zealand's largest wine-growing area, whale and fur seal watching off the Coast and the sunken valleys of the , where most of the world's green-lipped mussels are harvested.
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is the most populous town in the Marlborough wine-growing region in the north-east of the of . It is one of the sunniest towns in the country, with summers that are typically warm and dry, and winters that are normally cool and frosty with clear sunny days.

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is a small coastal town on the east coast of the of , about 180 km north of and 130 km south of .

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is a small but important town in the beautiful at the top of the of . The town is a major hub in New Zealand's transport network, linking the South Island road and rail network with ferries that cross Cook Strait to and from in the .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Marlborough Sounds and Havelock.

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The are a series of drowned valleys at the northern end of the Marlborough region of the north-eastern tip of 's .

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is a town in the Marlborough district of known as the green-shell mussel capital of the world. It is the major access point to the Pelorus Sound, one of the two major sounds of the .

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is a settlement in southern Marlborough. It is named after Sir Joseph George , Premier of New Zealand in the early 20th century.

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is a small town in Marlborough. It is in the heart of the Wairau Valley wine growing district and could be an alternative to as a base from which to explore the region.

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is a town in Marlborough near the mouth of the Awatere River. Until the grape boom, 's farmers struggled farming sheep on dry hills. Now you will struggle to find a sheep in amongst the vineyards.

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is a small rural settlement in Marlborough in NZ's . If the dryness of the rest of Marlborough drives you to drink then will amaze with its lushness.

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is a locality centred on the bridge over the Pelorus River between and on SH 6, the main road between and , in .

Marlborough

Latitude of center
-41.5693° or 41° 34′ 10″ south
Longitude of center
173.5883° or 173° 35′ 18″ east
Population
50,800
Elevation
343 metres (1,125 feet)
Geo­Names ID
7910052
Wiki­data ID
Q140083
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Marlborough” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم مارلبورو”
  • Aragonese: “Rechión de Marlborough”
  • Basque: “Marlborough eskualdea”
  • Bengali: “মার্লবোরো অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Марлборо”
  • Catalan: “Marlborough”
  • Cebuano: “Marlborough District”
  • Cebuano: “Marlborough”
  • Chinese: “Marlborough Tōa-khu”
  • Chinese: “馬爾堡”
  • Chinese: “马尔伯勒”
  • Chinese: “马尔堡”
  • Danish: “Marlborough Region”
  • Dutch: “Marlborough”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Marlborough”
  • Esperanto: “regiono Marlborough”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Marlborough”
  • Esperanto: “Te Tauihu-o-te-waka”
  • Estonian: “Marlborough‘ piirkond”
  • Estonian: “Marlborough’ piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Marlborough”
  • French: “District de Marlborough”
  • French: “Marlborough District”
  • French: “Marlborough”
  • French: “Te Tauihu-o-te-waka”
  • Georgian: “მარლბოროს რეგიონი”
  • German: “Marlborough District”
  • German: “Marlborough”
  • German: “NZ-MBH”
  • German: “Te Tauihu-o-te-waka”
  • Greek: “Mάρλμπορο”
  • Gujarati: “માર્લબોરો પ્રદેશ”
  • Hindi: “मार्लबरो क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “मार्लबोरो क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Marlborough”
  • Italian: “Marlborough”
  • Italian: “Te Tauihu-o-te-waka”
  • Japanese: “マールボロ”
  • Japanese: “マールボロ地方”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾರ್ಲ್ಬರೋ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “말버러 지방”
  • Korean: “말보로 지방”
  • Latvian: “Mārlboro reģions”
  • Latvian: “Mārlboro”
  • Lithuanian: “Mariburo regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Marlboro regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Марлборо”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Marlborough”
  • Maori: “Tauihu”
  • Maori: “Te Tauihu-o-te-waka”
  • Marathi: “मार्लबोरो प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marlborough Tōa-khu”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة مارلبورو”
  • Northern Frisian: “Marlborough Regiuun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Marlborough”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marlborough, New Zealand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marlborough”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marlborough på New Zealand”
  • Norwegian: “Marlborough”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Marlborough”
  • Polish: “Marlborough”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Marborough”
  • Portuguese: “Te Tauihu-o-te-waka”
  • Russian: “Мальборо”
  • Russian: “Марлборо”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Marlborough Region”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marlborough”
  • Sinhala: “මාල්බරෝ කලාපය”
  • Sinhala: “මාල්බරෝ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Slovenian: “Marlborough”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Marlborough”
  • Spanish: “Marlborough”
  • Spanish: “Región de Marlborough”
  • Spanish: “Te Tauihu-o-te-waka”
  • Swedish: “Marlborough, Nya Zeeland”
  • Swedish: “Marlborough”
  • Tamil: “மார்ல்போராகஹ் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “మాల్‌బొరో ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “มาโบเราท์”
  • Turkish: “Marlborough Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Marlborough”
  • Ukrainian: “Марлборо”
  • Urdu: “مارلبورو ریجن”
  • Urdu: “مارلبورو علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Marlborough”
  • Welsh: “Marlborough, Seland Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Marlborough”
  • Western Armenian: “Մարլպորոյի շրջան”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع مارلبرا”

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