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Grovetown lagoon

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Grovetown lagoon

The Grovetown lagoon, a byway of the lower Wairau River between Grovetown and Wairau , has been much modified since the mid-19th century. A restoration project got under way on the lagoon in 2002. A Māori cemetery can be seen on the land enclosed by the lagoon.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough places – Lower Wairau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31848/grovetown-lagoon (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 9 May 2011, updated 18 June 2015.