Tuamarina

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Tuamarina

Total population

237

Coordinates-41.43°, 173.96°

Demographic figures from Stats NZ. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tuamarina is a small town just north of the Wairau River and a few kilometres from the Cloudy Bay coast in Marlborough, New Zealand. The Tuamarina River flows south through the settlement and joins the Wairau River. State Highway 1 runs through the town, with Blenheim 10 km to the south and Picton 18 km to the north.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Julia Aranui-Faed

psychiatrist in New Zealand (1945-2025)

Ben Sigmund

New Zealand footballer

Cameron Howieson

New Zealand footballer

L

Leon MacDonald

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

David Teece

New Zealand - American business academic

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Jason Allen

New Zealand cyclist

A

Aaron Bancroft

New Zealand rugby union player

A

Alan Sutherland

New Zealand rugby union player (1944–2020)

A

Alex Pledger

New Zealand basketball player

C

Chip Bailey

Communist, taxi driver, trade unionist

D

David Hill

New Zealand rugby union player

Jamie Joseph

New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player and coach

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Jeremy Manning

rugby union player

Liam Messam

New Zealand rugby union player

J

Jim Love

New Zealand rugby union coach (born 1953)

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Frank Devine

New Zealand-born Australian journalist (1931-2009)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Marlborough

• Spring Creek
  1.9 mi away · pop. 576
• Grovetown
  3.5 mi away · pop. 357
• Rārangi
  4.8 mi away · pop. 672
• Mayfield
  5 mi away · pop. 3,390
• Riversdale
  5.2 mi away · pop. 2,520
• Springlands
  5.5 mi away · pop. 6,080
• Islington
  5.5 mi away
• Blenheim
  5.7 mi away · pop. 28,800
• Yelverton
  5.9 mi away
• Redwoodtown
  7 mi away · pop. 11,110
• Burleigh
  7 mi away
• Woodbourne
  7.4 mi away

Browse all places in Marlborough →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Steelblue Lady Beetle

Halmus chalybeus

Seen 2026-06-28

South Island Fernbird

Poodytes punctatus punctatus

Seen 2026-06-24

Spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Seen 2026-06-24

Karamū

Coprosma robusta

Seen 2026-06-23

orange pore fungus

Favolaschia claudopus

Seen 2026-06-21

Paradise Shelduck

Tadorna variegata

Seen 2026-06-21

White Basket Fungus

Ileodictyon cibarium

Seen 2026-06-21

Red Rock Crab

Guinusia chabrus

Seen 2026-06-20

New Zealand Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius varius

Seen 2026-06-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Tuamarina, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.