Wairau Affray

Wairau Affray is a memorial in Marlborough District, Marlborough. Wairau Affray is situated nearby to Tuamarina River Bridge, as well as near Wairau memorial.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wairau memorial and Tuamarina Cemetery.

Wairau memorial

Memorial

Photo: Archives New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wairau memorial is situated 120 metres northeast of Wairau Affray.

Tuamarina Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Tuamarina Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand. The cemetery predates Omaka Cemetery and has been open to the public for burials since 1866, notwithstanding the burials of twenty two men there in 1843. Tuamarina Cemetery is situated 200 metres northeast of Wairau Affray.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuamarina and Spring Creek.

Tuamarina

Village

Photo: DB Thats-Me, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tuamarina is a small town just north of the Wairau River and a few kilometres from the Cloudy Bay coast in Marlborough, New Zealand. The Tuamarina River flows south through the settlement and joins the Wairau River.

Spring Creek

Village

Spring Creek is a small town in Marlborough, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs past the settlement to the west, and the Wairau River flows past to the east. Picton is 22 km to the north, and Blenheim is 6 km to the south. Spring Creek is situated 3½ km south of Wairau Affray.

Grovetown

Village

Grovetown is a small town in Marlborough, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs past the settlement to the west, and the Wairau River flows past to the northeast. Spring Creek is about 2.5 km to the north, and Blenheim is about 3.5 km to the south. Grovetown is situated 6 km south of Wairau Affray.

Wairau Affray

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Marlborough District, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.42819° or 41° 25′ 42″ south

Longitude

173.95993° or 173° 57′ 36″ east

Open location code

4VCMHXC5+PX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1225170807

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tuamarina River Bridge and Tua Marina School.

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