Wairau Valley is the valley of the Wairau River in Marlborough, New Zealand and also the name of the main settlement in the upper valley. State Highway 63 runs through the valley. The valley opens onto the Wairau Plain, where Renwick and Blenheim are sited.

Wairau Valley is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The area is predominantly light industrial/commercial. The Northern Motorway passes to the east, and the Wairau Park shopping complex extends to the north. [3]

The Wairau River is one of the longest rivers in New Zealand's South Island. It flows for 170 kilometres (110 mi) from the Spenser Mountains (a northern range of the Southern Alps), firstly in a northwards direction and then northeast down a long, straight valley in inland Marlborough.

2020年11月21日 · The Wairau River is Marlborough's largest river and among the 20 longest rivers in New Zealand. It has a catchment area of 3430 square kilometres (LAWA) which represents almost a third of Marlborough's land area, and is 170km long. Maori aptly named it "many waters" owing to it being largely a braided river.

2023年8月28日 · The Wairau Valley is one of three zones – along with the Southern Valleys and the Awatere Valley – which make up the heartland of New Zealand's Marlborough wine region. An extensive patchwork of vineyards surrounds the town of Blenheim in the north-eastern corner of the South Island, near where the Wairau River meets the Pacific Ocean.

The Wairau Valley is made up of a few townships of Blenheim, Renwick and Spring Creek. Marlborough's main town, Blenheim, has great cafes, galleries and shops wrapped up within the picturesque Taylor and Opawa rivers, a short distance to the region's world famous wineries.

On 17 June 1843, 22 Europeans and four Māori died when an armed party of New Zealand Company settlers clashed with Ngāti Toa over the purchase of land in the Wairau valley. This affray at Tuamarina, 10 km north of Blenheim, was the first significant armed conflict between Māori and British settlers after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The 1906 Cyclopedia of New Zealand described the Wairau Valley as the centre of an extensive sheep farming and flax milling district with a church, school, hotel, post and telegraph office. The Hillersden Flaxmill was the leading flaxmill in the province, employing 25 people.

NZ Wars: Stories of Wairau is the fourth chapter in RNZ’s award-winning documentary series on the New Zealand Wars. The Wairau Affray in 1843 is considered the first of the the NZ Wars conflicts, and the only one to take place in the South Island.

Discover the beauty of Wairau Valley: a picturesque wine region around Blenheim. Savour the local wine and cuisine and experience the golden hues of autumn.