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• Long Island Submarine monitoring station

  Long Island Located 35 kilometres from Picton, Long island guards the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound.  It is the first marine reserve[https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/marlborough/places/long-island-kokomohua-marine-reserve/] in the South Island and has a long...

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• Motupipi Library

  The first library in Golden Bay / Mohua appears to have been the Motupipi Library, housed in the original school in the township of Clifton. Although accounts for...

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• Mrs France and Billy Carr's Hardware Store

  Billy Carr Billy Carr's[sitetree_link,id=197] hardware store was a prominent building in Blenheim for many years from the time it opened in 1881. Many people back then had their own stories...

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• Picton Cemetery

  Picton Cemetery is one of the oldest burial grounds in the province of Marlborough, dating back to the very early European settlement in Picton. Many notable figures of...

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• Sergeant William Mason

  New Zealand's early police officers were well known in the towns which they watched over. Often they would go out of their way to gain the public's trust...

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