Tuamarina
Sign in to saveTuamarina (often spelled Tua Marina) 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. State Highway 1 runs through the town, with Blenheim 10 km to the south and Picton 18 km to the north.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in NZ, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Populated places in the Marlborough District and Use New Zealand English from August 2021.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Marlborough District
- Population
- 240
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Tuamarina (often spelled Tua Marina) 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. State Highway 1 runs through the town, with Blenheim 10 km to the south and Picton 18 km to the north.
The name is a corruption of the Māori word Tuamarino, which means 'the calm beyond'. The Wairau Affray, with 26 deaths, occurred in the area in 1843.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tuamarina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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