Skip to main content

Kōrero: Marlborough places

Kaikōura and mountains

Image
Kaikōura and mountains

Kaikōura town has a dramatic setting on an often wild ocean. It sits at the foot of the Seaward Kaikōura Range, which has more than half a dozen peaks over 2,000 metres. In this image the town is in the middle distance, with South Bay in the foreground.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

GNS Science

Reference: 23984/22

by Lloyd Homer

Permission of GNS Science must be obtained before any use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough places – Kaikōura coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31873/kaikoura-and-mountains (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 9 May 2011, updated 18 June 2015.