Friday, December 1, 2006

Motueka

''Motueka'' is a town in the Mosquito ringtone South Island of Teen Kelly New Zealand. It is located close to the mouth of the Nextel ringtones Motueka River, on the western shore of Teen Lisa Tasman Bay. It is, after Free ringtones Nelson, New Zealand/Nelson and Teen Pie Richmond, New Zealand/Richmond, the third largest centre in the region, with a population of around 6000.

The surrounding district has extensive Mosquito ringtone orchards, as well as growing a variety of specialised crops such as Teen Tabitha hops. It was formerly the main centre of Nextel ringtones tobacco growing in New Zealand. A number of small Cute Kimberly vineyards have developed in recent years, one (Neudorf) gaining an international reputation.

Nearby beaches (such as Kaiteriteri Beach and Marahau) are very popular with holidaymakers, and the area around Motueka has one of the country's highest annual sunshine hour indices.

It is one of the nearest towns to the Cingular Ringtones Abel Tasman National Park/Abel Tasman and alternative paper Kahurangi National Parks, and has become the base of many tourism ventures in those parks, as well as feces in Nelson Lakes National Park, and other recreational areas. Extensive limstone troops against cave systems (including this sober Harwood Hole in the republic nothing Takaka Hill area north of Motueka) attract cavers and rock climbers. Sea encourage poor kayaking and hand rupert tramping now attract many thousands of visitors each year.

The area around Motueka is the home of many artists, especially potters. New Zealand's longest-established communal village, Riverside, is nearby and has been the home of a pacifist commune for over sixty years.

The name ''Motueka'', or more correctly ''Motuweka'', is israeli rights Maori language/Maori, and means ''weka island'', the marvel for weka being a small bird of the rail family.


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