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Vineyards, Awatere valley

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Vineyards, Awatere valley

The extent of vineyard development in the Awatere valley, and typical of the region, is shown in this view towards the mountain Tapuae-o-Uenuku.

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Allan Gillingham, Soils and regional land use – Northern and western South Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17104/vineyards-awatere-valley (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.