Spring Creek, New Zealand

Spring Creek
Spring Creek State Highway 1 Crossing
Spring Creek State Highway 1 Crossing
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Coordinates: 41°27′38″S 173°57′46″E / 41.46056°S 173.96278°E / -41.46056; 173.96278
CountryNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
Ward
  • Wairau-Awatere General Ward
  • Marlborough Māori Ward
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityMarlborough District Council
 • Marlborough District MayorNadine Taylor
 • Kaikōura MPStuart Smith
 • Te Tai Tonga MPTākuta Ferris
Area
[1]
 • Total3.30 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total640
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Postcode(s)
7202

Spring Creek is a small town in Marlborough, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs past the settlement to the west, and the Wairau River flows past to the east. Picton is 22 km to the north, and Blenheim is 6 km to the south.[3][4]

The first European settlers were George Dodson, William Soper, and Dr Vickerman, in 1850.[5] There was a major flood in 1926, when the Wairau River burst its embankments.[6]

Wairau Marae is located in Spring Creek. It is the marae (meeting ground) of Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Toa Rangatira, and includes the Wairau wharenui (meeting house).[7][8]

Spring Creek has a railway classification yard on the Main North Line.[9]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 61. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  4. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 139. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  5. ^ McIntosh 1940, p. 163.
  6. ^ McIntosh 1940, p. 367.
  7. ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  8. ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  9. ^ Marlborough Historical Society (2005). Click – A Captured Moment – Marlborough's Early Heritage. p. 177. ISBN 0-473-10475-X.