Marlborough District

Marlborough District
Geographical location
Location of the Marlborough District
Photo from Marlborough District
The Marlborough Sounds
Local authority
Country	New Zealand
island	South island
Local authority	Unitary Authority
Council	Marlborough District Council
Headquarters of the administration	Blenheim (New Zealand)
founding	July 1992
Telephone code	+64 (0) 3
Website	www.marlborough.govt.nz
geography
Region ISO	NZ-MBH
Coordinates	41 ° 31 ′  S , 173 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 31 ′  S , 173 ° 58 ′  E
surface	10 458  km 2
Residents	43 416 (2013)
Population density	4.15 inhabitants per km 2
Statistical data
Public revenue	NZ $ 97.9 million  (2015)
Public expenditure	NZ $ 95.5 million  (2015)
Number of households	22nd 269 (2013)
Ø income	NZ $ 27,900  (2013)
Māori population	11.0% (2013)

The Marlborough District is an administrative unit on the South Island of New Zealand . The district council, called Marlborough District Council , is based in the city of Blenheim . The district has the status of a unitary authority , since it performs the administrative tasks of a region at the same time with its administration, whereby the boundaries of the region are congruent with those of the district.

geography

Geographical location

The Marlborough District has a pure land area of ​​10,458 km² and had a population density of 4.2 people per km² at the census in 2013 with 43,416 inhabitants. The district is located in the northeastern part of the South Island with access to the Cook Strait . To the west is the Tasman District and the metropolitan area of Nelson City . In the south and southwest, this is done by the Hurunui District , which already belongs to the Canterbury region , and in the southeast is the Kaikoura District . The northern and northeastern part of the district is bounded by the coastline to the Cook Strait .

Except for the plain of the Wairau River , the entire district is characterized by a mountain landscape that is around 1600  m to 1800  m in the west and rises to over 2800  m in the east . The Inland Kaikoura Range should be mentioned as an important mountain range . In the northwest of the district, the Richmond Range stand out particularly. The two largest rivers in the district, Wairau River and Awatere River, are oriented in their direction of flow to the northeast.

The largest city in the district is Blenheim with around 24,200 inhabitants, followed by Picton with around 2,750 inhabitants. All other localities are below 1000 inhabitants.

climate

The Marlborough District is more often under the influence of eastward migrating anticyclones , whereby the prevailing wind directions in the district are not uniform, in Blenheim for example coming from the west, in Picton, however, equally preferred from the north and south. While precipitation above 2000 mm per year is to be expected in the western mountains, it is reduced on the lee side of the mountains to below 1000 mm per year depending on the location. The average daytime temperatures in summer are between 16 ° C and 24 ° C depending on the altitude, with the plain around Blenheim being the warmest area of ​​the district. In winter, on the other hand, sub-zero temperatures are often to be expected in the mountains and mild average temperatures between 3 ° C and 10 ° C on the coasts, the latter in the north on the coast to the Cook Strait . The annual sunshine duration is between 1700 and 1900 hours in the south-western mountains and between 2000 and 2300 hours in the north-eastern part towards the coastal areas and in the plains.

history

The Brownlee Tramway operated from circa 1881 to 1915.

The Marlbourough District was founded in July 1992 by dividing the Nelson-Marlborough region into the three Unitary Authorities Nelson , Tasman and Marlbourough .

population

Population development

Of the city's 43,416 inhabitants in 2013, 4,776 were of Māori origin (11.0%). This means that 0.8% of the country's Māori population lived in the Marlborough District . The median income for the population in 2013 was NZ $ 27,900,  compared to NZ $ 28,500 national average.

Origin and languages

When asked about belonging to an ethnic group, 89.2% answered "Europeans" in the 2013 census, 11.5% said they had Māori roots, 2.3% came from the islands of the Pacific region and 2, 8% came from Asia (multiple answers were possible). 16.0% of the population said they were born overseas. 2.2% of the population spoke Māori as the second most common language after English, and among the Māori , 14.7% did so.

politics

administration

The Marlborough District is again divided into three wards , the Blenheim Ward with seven Councilors and the Marlborough Sounds Ward as well as the Wairau / Awatere Ward with three Councilors each . The thirteen Councilors , together with the Mayor, form the District Council and are elected every three years.

Town twinning

The district has two town twinning partnerships:

• Tendō , Yamagata Prefecture , Japan , since 1989
• Otari , Nagano Prefecture , Japan , since 1991

economy

In 2015, the district had 6,978 companies with a total of 25,303 employees. By far the largest branch of industry in the district is the manufacturing industry, with a 23.7% share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), followed by 11.7% in agriculture and forestry together with fishing, 7.5% in the Real estate, 5.7% construction and 5.2% health.

Infrastructure

traffic

The district is connected to traffic by the New Zealand State Highway 1 , which , coming from Picton , crosses the district along the coast. Branch off from Blenheim on State Highway 6 towards Nelson and State Highway 63 to the west towards Westport . A small airport with grass runways is located around 4 km southwest of Blenheim city ​​center . The South Island Main Trunk Railway also runs directly through Blenheim , which also comes from Picton and runs parallel to State Highway 1 along the coast to the south.

See also

• List of architectural monuments in the Marlborough region

Web links

Commons : Marlborough Region  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Homepage . Marlborough District Council,accessed July 15, 2016. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Marlborough District Council . In: Local Councils . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Marlborough District - Population and dwellings . Statistics New Zealand , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
3. ^ Your Council . Marlborough District Council , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
4. ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Selection: Blenheim Central, Mayfield, Springlands, Redwoodtown, Whitney, Witherlea . Statistics New Zealand , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
5. ^ PR Chappell : The Climate and Weather of Marlborough . In: NIWA Science and Technologies Series . 2nd Edition. Number 69 . National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research , 2016, ISSN 1173-0382 , p.   14, 16, 23, 28 (English, online PDF 4.3 MB [accessed on July 15, 2016]).
6. ^ A Regional Profile - Tasman . (PDF 774 kB) Statistics New Zealand , accessed on April 26, 2017 (English).  
7. ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Marlborough District - Cultural diversity . Statistics New Zealand , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
8. ^ Councilors . Marlborough District Council , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
9. ^ Marlborough Sister Cities . Marlborough District Council , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
10. ^ Marlborough Region Economic Profile . Infometrics , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
11. ^ Structure of Marlborough Region's Economy . Infometrics , accessed July 15, 2016 .  
12. ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed July 15, 2016 .