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Marlborough is rich in Maori legend and colonial
history. Early Maori occupants had many histories and legends connected
with the high peaks and the formation of unusual landforms and the
waterways of the Sounds. Colonial settlement saw European agricultural
methods replace traditional Maori farming. Sites of historic conflicts
are marked by memorials.
Each town museum offers fascinating insights – a recreation
of early Blenheim at Brayshaw Park, relics of Picton’s whaling
heyday, treasures of Renwick’s early farming days.
Follow the self-drive ‘Treasured Pathway’ and ‘Heritage
Trail’ to discover Marlborough history yourself.
Learn about Marlborough’s diverse history
- Brayshaw Park recreates Marlborough’s
early colonial days in a village and in a new audio-visual facility
- Historic railway collection at Brayshaw
Park
- Renwick Museum offers a history of rural
and agricultural Marlborough – still a driving force in
the local economy
- Picton Museum offers fascinating insight
into whaling in the Sounds, and the history of Waitohi as a Maori
trading settlement, colonial port and whaling port.
- Discover the chequered history of the Edwin
Fox – one of the world’s oldest ships, used in the
Crimean War, then to transport convicts to the colonies, and later
one of the first to ship chilled meat to Britain. Learn about
the restoration of this wooden ship in the museum alongside, then
stroll around the harbour to the old scow Echo.
- Take a cruise to Ship Cove where explorer
James Cook preferred to weigh anchor and recharge while charting
New Zealand. Explore Motuara Island, where Cook claimed the South
Island for Britain – now it’s a bird sanctuary.
- Drive the Treasured Pathway or the
Heritage Trail.
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