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… Provincial holidays proliferated, with Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Southland, Westland, South Canterbury and … separate anniversaries with one national day failed. Regional identity remains an important aspect of New Zealand … life in the 21st century. The boundaries within which regional provincial days are celebrated are still largely …
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Part of story: Public holidays
… the country’s tobacco came from 700 growers in the Nelson region, and the growers’ typical greeting was, ‘Good day, … and vegetables. Viticulture While grapes were grown in the region from the 1840s, commercial viticulture was slow to … is still a minor wine-producing region – neighbouring Marlborough had 15,915 hectares of vineyards in 2008. In the …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… whiff of sauvignon blanc is connected with wine from the Marlborough region, where Montana Wines first planted the grape in 1973. … most widely planted grape, helping make the reputation of regions such as Central Otago and Wairarapa. Screwed up New …
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Part of story: Wine
… started as plain Havelock. Another Havelock was founded in Marlborough about the same time, causing problems for the … North’ was used informally. Like other towns in the region, its growth was restricted by large pastoral stations … The founding of Hastings in 1873, and the routing of the regional railway line through Hastings the following year, …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… years. In just the last few thousand years, the whole region has been covered in ash from eruptions of the Taupō, … Romans. The Tarawera eruption around 1314 CE covered the region with a layer of ash, known as Kaharoa ash. In 1868, … on local communities. Ash fell as far away as Northland and Marlborough. Geysers, hot springs and mud pools Throughout …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Catholics scattered over the huge area of Nelson, Buller, Marlborough and the northern part of the region that became Westland. He journeyed constantly to … robust constitution. In 1853, suffering from exposure in Marlborough, he caught a severe chill which left him prone …
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… and buildings. Known to Māori as parera, it is one of many regional seasonal winds, including France’s mistral, … for different winds. One of the most readily recognisable regional winds is Canterbury’s nor’wester – a hot, dry wind. … Island simultaneously at Rangiora (Canterbury) and Jordan (Marlborough) on 7 February 1973. In 1903, a numbing -25.6 ° …
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Part of story: Natural environment
… Coast. Until 1857 there was little European interest in the region. Land purchase and settlement In the late 1850s a … Tahu chiefs on 21 May 1860. The whole of the West Coast region, apart from small areas reserved for local Māori, was … and as that declined there was a rush to Wakamarina (Marlborough) in early 1864. Hokitika booms Geologist Julius …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… main crops are cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. Major regions of production are Auckland, Manawatū and Canterbury. … spinach growers with 400 hectares under cultivation. Main regions of production are Auckland, Manawatū and Canterbury. … Major production areas are Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough and Canterbury. GE corn In New Zealand it is …
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Part of story: Market gardens and production nurseries
… is in the North Island. Hill country is farmed in all regions of the North Island, and in all except the West … Farmed high-country tussock grasslands extend mainly from Marlborough to Southland. Climate Temperature The mean … the east coasts of New Zealand, but not on the west. In all regions, the soil on steep slopes, especially north-facing …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use
… there are features on: Places – 22 major geographic regions: Northland , Auckland , Hauraki–Coromandel , Waikato … Manawatū and Horowhenua , Wairarapa , Wellington , Nelson , Marlborough , the West Coast , Canterbury , South Canterbury …
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… of local climates and native vegetation types for a coastal region in the upper North Island. At higher altitudes annual … endangered North Island weka. Along with Northland and the Marlborough Sounds, Coromandel is one of the New Zealand …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… easily cultured species, and is concentrated in two small regions. In 2004, the Marlborough Sounds and the Coromandel area accounted for …
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Part of story: Aquaculture
… regulars were male, and 60% lived in the greater Auckland region. In 2005 there were 125 clubs, with 30,000 members. … even further afield. The Hauraki Gulf, Bay of Islands and Marlborough Sounds became favourite cruising grounds. …
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Part of story: Sailing and windsurfing
… the 1840s there were clashes between Māori and Pākehā. In Marlborough’s Wairau Valley in 1843, a dispute over land led …
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Part of story: History
… and Hawke’s Bay; by the end of the 1970s, these two regions had the largest area under vines. Other areas opened up. Marlborough’s first large commercial plantings were made in …
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Part of story: Wine
… to processing it for local use. Flax mills in the Manawatū region began to supply the Foxton factory of New Zealand … linen flax (a different species from New Zealand flax) in Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Linen cloth …
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Part of story: Flax and flax working
… the Blenheim memorial was built of rock from all around the Marlborough region. National War Memorial In 1919 the government voted …
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Part of story: Building stone
… 1850, the industry was well established in the Nelson–Marlborough region. By 1865 it took in all the suitable country east of … Bay by 1850. The Crown purchased land in both of these regions relatively early in the settlement phase. The first …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… in Palliser Bay, it altered the landscape of the Wellington region and affected its subsequent urban development. … or when leaning against walls. Rebuilding After the 1848 Marlborough earthquake, many Wellington buildings had been … previously been impassable at high tide. The uplift of the region helped drain the swampy lower reaches of Hutt Valley. …
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Part of story: Historic earthquakes