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Town in Tasman District, New Zealand
Photo: Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Wakefield is a small town in the Nelson Bays region of New Zealand's South Island, 25 km south-west of Nelson. This travel guide also cover the town of Brightwater, 4 km east of Wakefield.
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The church was built in 1846 and is the second oldest surviving church in New Zealand.
Memorial to the nuclear physicist Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871-1937), who was born in Brightwater.
A 19 km walking or mountain biking trail from Richmond to Wakefield via Brightwater.
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Wakefield is small enough to walk or cycle anywhere, with several cycle paths surrounding the town.
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