Marlborough Sounds | A Gallery from News | RNZ

Marlborough has about 1800km of coastline which many people live on, play on or earn a living from.

Zoning allows for marine farming over about 20 percent of the Marlborough Sounds. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Wairangi Bay. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Sanford's seafood processing plant in Havelock. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

John Young, left, oversees mussel processing. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

A captain's view of a mussel farm in the Sounds. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

A colony of king shags in the Sounds. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Mussel farm floats. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

The area is home to many remote bays. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Salmon farms. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

A heritage farmhouse in the Sounds. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Wairangi Bay. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Native bush in the Sounds. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

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