Renwick, New Zealand

Infobox Settlement
name = Renwick
population_total = 1875
population_as_of = 2006

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image_caption = A country road and vineyard in Renwick
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = New Zealand
subdivision_type1= Region
subdivision_name1= Marlborough
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Renwick is a small town in Marlborough, New Zealand, close to the south bank of the Wairau River. It is located on State Highway 6, 12 km west of Blenheim. Havelock is 31 km north. Highway 63 runs southwest from Renwick through the Wairau River valley. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 60] [cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|id=ISBN 1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 138]

The population was 1875 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 90 from 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/final-counts/marlborough-region.htm|title=Final counts – census night and census usually resident populations, and occupied dwellings - Marlborough Region|publisher=Statistics New Zealand]

The town was initially known as "Upper Wairau", and then as "Renwicktown" after an early landowner, Dr Thomas Renwick. [cite book|title=Marlborough - A Provincial History|editor=A. D. McIntosh|year=1940|pages=p 339] [cite book|title=Click - A Captured Moment - Marlborough's Early Heritage|author=Marlborough Historical Society|year=2005|isbn=0-473-10475-X|pages=p 68]

Renwick has a variety of shops including a dairy, a supermarket, a baker, a butchers, a hairdressers, a tavern and a bar and brewery. Accommodation is available at Motels, B&Bs and a Backpacker Lodge.

Renwick is located in the centre of Marlborough's grape growing region. Sauvignon blanc is the variety usually associated with the area, and famous wineries such as Isabel Estate and Forrest Estate are in close proximity.

Education

Renwick School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 8 and a roll of 375. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=2978|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Renwick School|publisher=Ministry of Education]

The first school in Renwick opened at the beginning of 1861, [cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NENZC18610504.2.11|title=New Zealand Provinces|publisher=Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle|date=4 May 1861|pages=3] using the Presbyterian Church as a schoolroom. It was the second school in Marlborough. The present school opened in 1864. [A. D. McIntosh, pp 339-340. The school claims to have been established in 1862.]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.renwick.school.nz/ Renwick School website]