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Kōrero: Nelson places

Paragliding over Waimea Inlet

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Paragliding over Waimea Inlet

The extensive estuary of Waimea Inlet dominates the south-east corner of Tasman Bay. Rabbit Island (centre right) is a barrier island which has been planted in exotic pines. Nelson’s sewage oxidation ponds are visible on Bells Island in the foreground.

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Cumulus Paragliding

by Andy Busslinger

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Carl Walrond, Nelson places – Richmond and the Waimea Plains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29005/paragliding-over-waimea-inlet (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 31 August 2010, updated 22 April 2015.