New Zealand's
Marlborough region has a wide and varied range of
accommodation options
from which to choose, including
bed and breakfast accommodation;
luxury lodges and resorts;
apartments,
motels and
hotels;
home stays, vineyard stays and farm stays;
holiday homes and cottages;
hostels and backpackers accommodation;
holiday parks, motor camps and camping grounds.
If you're a single traveller visiting
Marlborough, New Zealand for work, business or for
pleasure, or if you've brought your family and want to stay and enjoy the numerous tourist
activities and events in the region, Marlborough has a wide selection of
accommodation venues
that will suit any individual budget and comfort requirements.
In 1843 the impetuous and ill-advised efforts of the New Zealand Company's Nelson leaders to acquire the Wairau Plains as a site for rural holdings led to the disastrous incident known as the Wairau massacre. Te Rauparaha and his brother-in-law disputed the ownership of the land and Maori interfered with the survey of the land. A detachment from Nelson was sent to sort out the situation, resulting in the killing of several leading settlers and a subsequent period of unrest.