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Our place

As the brand custodians for the NelsonTasman Placebrand, NRDA are responsible for promoting the Nelson and Tasman region to inspire visitors, locals and businesses to connect to our place, here in Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Maui.

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Te Tai o Aorere Tasman and Whakatū/Wakatū

Te Tai o Aorere – Tasman and Whakatū/Wakatū – Nelson, make up two of the three parts of the top of the South Island, Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui, the third being Marlborough.

Today, eight tribes form the tangata whenua (indigenous people) population in Nelson Tasman: