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    The Awatere River is a large river flowing through Marlborough, New Zealand. Flowing along the trace of the active Awatere Fault, it runs northeast through...
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    about a third of the total Marlborough growing area. Vineyards are concentrated in the alluvial valley floor of the Awatere River, centred around the town...
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    the Blenheim ward, three each from the Marlborough Sounds and Wairau-Awatere wards, and one from the Marlborough Māori ward. The mayor is elected at-large...
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  • associated with the rupturing of a minimum of 105 km of the Awatere Fault, which is part of the Marlborough Fault System. A horizontal displacement of about 6...
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    between the Clarence and Awatere faults. It had a 4.8 ± 1.2 m dextral displacement in the 1848 Marlborough earthquake of the Awatere Fault. This is an active...
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    Seddon, New Zealand (category Populated places in the Marlborough Region)
    a small town in Marlborough, New Zealand. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Blenheim, close to the mouths of the Awatere and Blind Rivers...
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    1848 Marlborough earthquake was caused by rupture of the whole of the eastern section of the Awatere Fault.[citation needed] The 175 km long Awatere Fault...
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  • river in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand. Rising just north of Shingle Peak, the river flows east then south until it meets the Awatere River. New...
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  • are three Marlborough Sounds Ward councillors: deputy mayor Nadine Taylor, Barbara Faulls, and David Oddie. There are also three Wairau-Awatere Ward councillors:...
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  • in the Marlborough Region. The list is arranged in alphabetical order with tributaries indented under their downstream parent's name. Awatere River Blairich...
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    The Marlborough Sounds (te reo Māori: Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka) are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of...
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  • Inland Kaikōura Range into the Awatere River and lies within the borders of the Molesworth Station. "Jordan River, Marlborough". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 31...
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    Waikawa is a small settlement to the north east of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand. Waikawa Bay opens onto Queen Charlotte Sound. The New Zealand Ministry...
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  • co-educational Marlborough College, which subsequently continued to serve as Marlborough Boys' College. The Marlborough Girls' College has four houses: Awatere Ōpaoa...
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    (/dɜːrˈvɪl/), Māori name Rangitoto ki te Tonga, is the largest island in the Marlborough Sounds, on the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It...
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  • not be confused with the Gray River, a small tributary of the Awatere River in Marlborough, nor with the much larger Grey River on the South Island's West...
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  • It flows north from the Inland Kaikoura Range and is a tributary of the Awatere River. Cam River is also an alternative name for the Ruataniwha River....
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    Long Island is located in Queen Charlotte Sound, one of the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand. James Cook recorded its original name as Hamote. The island...
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    Havelock is a small town in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, at the head of Pelorus Sound, one of the Marlborough Sounds, and at the mouth of the...
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  • Blairich River (category Rivers of the Marlborough Region)
    The Blairich River is a river in the Marlborough district of New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Awatere River List of rivers of New Zealand Land Information...
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    October 1923, with the responsibility to supply Blenheim borough, Marlborough and Awatere counties with electricity. The eight-member board was elected on...
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  • notable New Zealand homemaker and school matron. She was born in Awatere valley, Marlborough, New Zealand, in 1850. Stace, Jeanette. "Helen McRae Stace"....
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  • Winterton River (category Rivers of the Marlborough Region)
    river of the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows generally north from the Inland Kaikoura Range to reach the Awatere River 30 kilometres...
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    length and 6.4mm in width. Specimens were found in the Awatere Valley and Avon Valley of the Marlborough Region, New Zealand, underneath stones and bracken...
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    Ward, New Zealand (category Populated places in the Marlborough Region)
    Retrieved 9 June 2017. "Marlborough Region – Landscape Pattern". Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966). 2018 Census place summary: Awatere "Statistical area 1...
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    Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui (category Landforms of the Marlborough Region)
    Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui is the easternmost of the main sounds of the Marlborough Sounds, in New Zealand's South Island. In 2014, the sound was given the...
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    on the Marlborough Provincial Council first through the Flaxbourne and Clarence electorate, then the Clarence electorate, and finally the Awatere electorate...
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  • McRae River (category Rivers of the Marlborough Region)
    river of the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows north from its sources in the Inland Kaikoura Range to meet the Awatere River 40 kilometres...
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    (1817 – 12 November 1892) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Marlborough, New Zealand. Ward was born at Tixall in Staffordshire, England. He was...
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    Renwick is a small town in Marlborough, New Zealand, close to the south bank of the Wairau River. It is located on State Highway 6, 12 kilometres (7 mi)...
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