Spring Creek | |
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 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 | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Marlborough |
| Ward |
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| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Marlborough District Council |
| • Marlborough District Mayor | Nadine Taylor |
| • Kaikōura MP | Stuart Smith |
| • Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.30 km2 (1.27 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 640 |
| • Density | 190/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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 61. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
- ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 139. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
- ^ McIntosh 1940, p. 163.
- ^ McIntosh 1940, p. 367.
- ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
- ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
- ^ Marlborough Historical Society (2005). Click – A Captured Moment – Marlborough's Early Heritage. p. 177. ISBN 0-473-10475-X.