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Marlborough is located
near the centre of New Zealand at the north-east corner of the South Island, accessible by
road, air, inter-island ferry and rail. There are two airports: Blenheim Airport, which is
the regional base for Air New Zealand and Air2There, and Picton Airport
at Koromiko, operated by Sounds Air.
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Christchurch |
Blenheim |
4 hr 25 min |
308 km |
Christchurch |
Picton |
4 hr 50 min |
336 km |
Christchurch |
Havelock |
5 hr 20 min |
371 km |
Christchurch |
Kaikoura |
2 hr 35 min |
183 km |
Nelson |
Blenheim |
1 hr 40 min |
116 km |
Nelson |
Picton |
1 hr 35 min |
110 km |
Nelson |
Havelock |
1 hr 5 min |
75 km |
Nelson |
Kaikoura |
3 hr 30 min |
245 km |
Blenheim |
Picton |
0 hr 25 min |
28 km |
Blenheim |
Havelock |
0 hr 55 min |
63 km |
Blenheim |
Kaikoura |
1 hr 50 min |
129 km |
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Wellington |
Picton |
2 hr 30 min |
Lynx |
Wellington |
Picton |
3 hr 00 min |
Interislander |
Wellington |
Picton |
3 hr 20 min |
Bluebridge |
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Auckland |
Blenheim |
1 hr 20 min |
Air NZ |
Wellington |
Blenheim |
0 hr 25 min |
Air NZ |
Christchurch |
Blenheim |
0 hr 50 min |
Air NZ |
Wellington |
Picton |
0 hr 25 min |
Sounds Air |
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In 1864, four prospectors discovered a rich deposit of alluvial gold in the Wakamarina River near Havelock. The news spread quickly and by May there were 4,000 miners on the location. As the Otago gold fields had begun to decline, many miners flocked to Marlborough, and soon there were 6,000 men working around Canvastown. By the 1870's the area was mostly abandoned although some mining for quartz continued into the 20th century.
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