Picton - A quaint seaside town

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Picton - Gateway to the Queen Charlotte Sound

Picton is a small community at the top of New Zealands' South Island, in the Marlborough Sounds. Picton is the South island port of the interisland ferries that connect the North and South Island.

A quiet close community is the winter months, the coming of summer heralds the arrival of holiday makers and travelers who come to enjoy the sun and charms of the Marlborough Sounds. Picton becomes a bustling vibrant village.

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Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours: full list
For services to New Zealand. Dame Margaret Clara Bazley, DNZM, of Wellington. For services to New Zealand. Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM, of Wellington. For services to New Zealand. Dame Malvina Lorraine Major, GNZM, DBE, of Hamilton.
Dreams step closer to coming true for lucky five
Marlborough Girls' College student Anna Tempero, 17, who has a dream to represent New Zealand in gymnastics and will use the grant to pay for a coach and travel to competitions. Blenheim rowing club members Karl Manson, Corey McCaffrey and Tom Murray ...
Daughter found buried in parents' backyard
By Fiona Willan, MSN NZ A NSW mother reported missing by her parents when they arrived home from holiday has been found buried in their backyard. The father and stepmother of 33-year-old Colleen Deborah Ayers, known as Debbie Ayers, returned home on ...

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Alpinefolk

Hi, I live in Blenheim, only a 30 minute drive from the seaside town of Picton.

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