Wairau Affray, an 1843 conflict on the Wairau Plain, also known as the Wairau Massacre
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Wairau Valley, a valley of the Wairau River in the Marlborough Region
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Wairau River, a river in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island
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This resulted in outbreaks of war at Wairau and Nelson (1843), at the Boulcott Farm in the Hutt Valley (1846) and the skirmish at Battle Hill (1846).
Especially strong resemblances link Māori to the languages and cultures of the Cook and Society Islands, which after the 2010 Otago University archaeological research of Wairau Bar, are regarded as the most likely places of origin.
The town was initially known as "Upper Wairau", and then as "Renwicktown" after an early landowner, Dr Thomas Renwick.
Wairau Valley is the valley of the Wairau River in Marlborough, New Zealand and also the name of the main settlement in the upper valley.