It is 117 km long and runs between the settlements of Renwick (in Marlborough) and Kawatiri Junction (in the Tasman region) via Saint Arnaud, providing a bypass of the city of Nelson.
This follows the valley of the Travers River, ascends over the sub-alpine Travers Saddle, the watershed, and then descends the Sabine River valley and gorge to Lake Rotoroa.
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He was one of the leaders of the 2 December 1851 coup, along with Charles de Morny and Saint Arnaud.
In the French colonial period the city was known as Saint Arnaud after Marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud.