Nelson Sightseeing
Nelson New Zealand
The City of Nelson
For a laid back holiday experience, you can’t beat the beautiful scenery and near perfect weather of Nelson. The city of Nelson is located near the exact centre of New Zealand, along the shore of the Tasman Bay at the northern tip of the South Island. Locals claim that there’s a postcard perfect photo opportunity at every turn, and the city’s unique geography, combined with the ebb and flow of the tides, means that this scenery is constantly changing.
Nelson regularly tops the nation’s statistics for longest hours of sunshine, with an average of 2400 hours each year. With a population of 54 000, Nelson is New Zealand’s tenth largest city. The area has been continuously populated by Maori iwi’s from the Moa Hunting period (roughly 700 – 800 years ago) until present day. The region’s fertile lands, pleasant climate and plentiful seafood made the district an attractive prospect for both Maori and European settlers, and these aspects are what make Nelson a popular tourist destination today.
Nelson is one of many New Zealand towns to be named after a Colonial war hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson, who defeated French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Alternately, Nelson is one of few New Zealand towns to have its own flag. The flag of the City of Nelson is mostly blue – the official colour for many of the towns sporting teams – and represents the town’s links to the water and its presence as the seat of a Catholic bishop.
The town’s economy is reliant on the ‘big four’ industries – seafood, horticulture, tourism and forestry. Growth industries include arts and crafts, aviation and information technology. The Nelson region covers five geographic areas;
- Nelson and Richmond, the urban centres,
- The picturesque townships of Mapua, Motueka and Moutere,
- Abel Tasman National Park,
- The scenic coastline of Golden Bay, and
- The alpine lake district of St Arnaud.
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