Wairau memorial
Wairau memorial is a memorial in Marlborough District, Marlborough. Wairau memorial is situated nearby to Tuamarina Cemetery, as well as near Tuamarina River Bridge.Photo: Archives New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: memorial in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Wairau incident memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tuamarina Cemetery.
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.
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 memorial.
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 memorial.
Wairau memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Marlborough District, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.42738° or 41° 25′ 39″ southLongitude
173.96093° or 173° 57′ 39″ eastOpen location code
4VCMHXF6+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 2134007604OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q97572859
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