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Marlborough District
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region and district in the north of New Zealand's South Island
Key facts
- Country
- New Zealand
- Seat
- Blenheim
- Wards
- Blenheim, Marlborough Sounds, Wairau-Awatere
- Body
- Marlborough District Council
- Mayor
- Nadine Taylor
- Deputy mayor
- David Croad
- Total
- 12,484.59 km (4,820.33 sq mi)
- Land
- 10,457.89 km (4,037.81 sq mi)
- Density
- 4.86/km (12.6/sq mi)
- Per capita
- NZ$67,045 (2021)
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00 ( NZST )
- Summer dst
- UTC+13:00 (NZDT)
- Postcode s
- Map of postcodes
- Area code
- 03
- Iso 3166 code
- NZ-MBH
- Hdi 2023
- 0.937 , very high · 5th
- Website
- www .marlborough .govt .nz
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of New Zealand
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- New Zealand
- Capital
- Blenheim
- Population
- 50800
- Area
- 12484.59
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- Shares border with
- Hurunui District
- Official website
- www.marlborough.govt.nz
- Image
- Marlborough Sounds From Ferry.jpg
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- Commons category
- Marlborough District
- topic's main category
- Category:Marlborough District
- category of associated people
- Category:People from the Marlborough District
- inception
- 1876-00-00
- located in/on physical feature
- South Island
- twinned administrative body
- Tendō-shi
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
41°53′S 173°40′E / 41.883°S 173.667°E / -41.883; 173.667
Marlborough District or the Marlborough Region (Māori: Te Tauihu-o-te-waka, or Tauihu), commonly known simply as Marlborough, is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, located on the northeast of the South Island. It is administered by Marlborough District Council, a unitary authority, performing the functions of both a territorial authority and a regional council. The council is based at Blenheim, the largest town. The unitary region has a population of 50,800 (June 2025). It borders the Nelson Region and Tasman District to the west, and the Canterbury Region to the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marlborough District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.