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Golden Bay

This is about Golden Bay in New Zealand. For other uses, see Golden Bay (disambiguation)
Golden Bay (disambiguation)

Golden Bay is the name of several bays. These include:Golden Bay at the northern end of New Zealand's South IslandGolden Bay, Western Australia List of Perth suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia....
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Golden Bay is the name of a bay and a district at the northern end of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
's South Island

South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
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olden Bay lies at the edge of the junction between the Tasman Sea

Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately 2000 kilometres across. It extends 2800 km from north to south....
and Cook Strait

Cook Strait

Cook Strait is the strait between the North Island and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east....
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Golden Bay is the name of a bay and a district at the northern end of New Zealand

New Zealand

South Island

Golden Bay (bay)

Golden Bay lies at the edge of the junction between the Tasman Sea

Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately 2000 kilometres across. It extends 2800 km from north to south....
and Cook Strait

Cook Strait

Cook Strait is the strait between the North Island and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east....
. It stretches for 45 kilometres from the long sand spit of Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit is a narrow sand Spit situated at , at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. Known to the Maori as Tuhuroa, it runs eastwards from Cape Farewell, New Zealand, the island's northernmost point....
in the north to Separation Point in Abel Tasman National Park

Abel Tasman National Park

Abel Tasman National Park is a national park located at the north end of the South Island of New Zealand. The park was founded in 1942 and with a coverage of only 225.3 square kilometres, is the smallest of New Zealand's national parks....
at its southern extremity. Beyond this point, the larger of the two bays at the top of the South Island, Tasman Bay

Tasman Bay

Tasman Bay is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. Located in the centre of the island's northern coast, it stretches along 120 kilometres of coastline and is 70 kilometres across at its widest point....
, begins.

The northern part of the bay is largely devoid of population; the southern part contains the populous but small plains around the mouth of the Takaka River

Takaka River

The Takaka River lies in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It runs north for 70 kilometres, entering Golden Bay near the town of Takaka....
. Between the two lies the small town of Collingwood

Collingwood, New Zealand

Collingwood is a town in the north-west corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in the hub of the Aorere Valley, in the western half of the Golden Bay area....
. Other than the Takaka River, the Aorere River

Aorere River

The Aorere River is in the South Island of New Zealand.The headwaters are within Kahurangi National Park. The river flows generally northwards for 40 kilometres, before draining into Golden Bay at the town of Collingwood, New Zealand....
is the main watercourse to reach the sea at Golden Bay.

Dutch explorer Abel Tasman

Abel Tasman

Abel Janszoon Tasman , was a Netherlands sea explorer, exploration, and merchant.Tasman is best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC ....
anchored in this bay in 1642. However, the resulting hostile encounter with the local Maori when a party from his ships tried to land caused him to bestow upon it the name Murderers Bay. English explorer James Cook

James Cook

Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
renamed it Golden Bay during his voyage of discovery in 1769.

Golden Bay (district)

The Golden Bay district, at the northwest corner of the South Island

South Island

New Zealand

Nelson, New Zealand

The city of Nelson is close to the centre of New Zealand. It lies at the shore of Tasman Bay, at the northern end of the South Island, and is the administrative centre of the Nelson region....
, is a coastal area bordered by the ranges of Kahurangi National Park

Kahurangi National Park

Kahurangi National Park is a National Park in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It was gazetted in 1996 and covers 4,515 km?. It is the second largest of New Zealand's fourteen national parks....
and Abel Tasman National Park

Abel Tasman National Park

Abel Tasman National Park is a national park located at the north end of the South Island of New Zealand. The park was founded in 1942 and with a coverage of only 225.3 square kilometres, is the smallest of New Zealand's national parks....
. It is largely separated from the rest of the island by steep hill country—the only road into the area traverses a steep, winding pass between the Riwaka

Riwaka River

The Riwaka River is located in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It flows for 20 kilometres, entering Tasman Bay close to the town of Riwaka, 10 kilometres north of Motueka....
and Takaka River valleys.

The population of approximately 4500 triples over summer with an influx of visitors, who enjoy its natural beauty, recreational opportunities and festival culture. Golden Bay's popularity also stems in part for its remoteness and its internationally significant conservation areas, such as Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit

Te Waikoropupu Springs

The Te Waikoropupu Springs are located in Golden Bay, on New Zealand South Island. The springs are known for the clarity of the water, and the volume of water discharged....
. It is also noted for its extensive cave

Cave

A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. Some people suggest that the term cave should only apply to cavities that have some part that does not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos....
systems.

The ranges, rivers, coastal plains and lowlands of Golden Bay provide a range of microclimates offering good conditions for agriculture and horticulture. Currently, the Bay's main income is generated by dairy farming, arts and crafts, and tourism.

Recently, a massive increase in the wasp

WAsP

WAsP is a PC program for predicting wind climates, wind resources, and power productions from wind turbines and wind farms. The predictions are based on wind data measured at stations in the same region....
population in Abel Tasman National park forced a (failed) biological and a (more successful) chemical regimen to bring down the wasp population which reached an estimated 300 colonies per square kilometre in the early 1990's. These wasps have been blamed on an alarming decrease in native insects and animal life in the park.

Takaka

Takaka

Takaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island, located on the lower reaches of the Takaka River....
is the main business and shopping area for the Golden Bay district. It is located in the lower reaches of the Takaka River Valley at the southern end of the bay. Collingwood

Collingwood, New Zealand

Collingwood is a town in the north-west corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in the hub of the Aorere Valley, in the western half of the Golden Bay area....
is Golden Bay's second biggest town and was once a candidate for the site of the nation's capital, though today it principly act as a service hub for the surrounding farming community and a destination for holiday makers during the summer month. Other settlements in Golden Bay include Pohara, Motupipi, Onekaka

Onekaka

Onekaka is a small coastal community in Golden Bay, at the northwestern tip of the South Island, New Zealand with a population of around 250.The name Onekaka is Maori and translated as 'burning sands'....
, Bainham and Pakawau.