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Town in Marlborough, New Zealand
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Havelock is a town in the Marlborough district of New Zealand known as the green-shell mussel capital of the world. It is the major access point to the Pelorus Sound, one of the two major sounds of the Marlborough Sounds. There must be something in the water as two of the world's greatest scientists had their formative education in Havelock: Sir Ernest Rutherford, the first man to split the atom and the rocket scientist William Pickering.
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Eyes on Nature
Crafts, preserves, plants, etc. Proceeds to Havelock Museum.
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The Intercity coach travels Picton-Nelson return, passing through Blenheim.
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