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Nelson is both a city and region of New Zealand. The region is administered as a unitary authority. It is positioned between Marlborough to the east and Tasman to the west.
Nelson city is known for its sunny climate and breaches. For this reason, the city is a popular tourist spot, and its proximity to some national parks makes it an ideal gateway explore the region. The harbour entrance to the city is made up of a protected natural breakwater known as The Boulder Bank, which reduces the effects of the tide on Nelson city's beach, Tahunanui. This allows for some of the safest sea bathing in the country.
Besides a spectacular coast, Nelson is surrounded by mountains on three sides with Tasman Bay on the other. It functions as the gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park, the Kahurangi National Park, and Rotoiti & Rotoroa in the Nelson Lakes National Park. It is a centre for both ecotourism and adventure tourism, and has a high reputation among caving enthusiasts due to several prominent cave systems around Takaka Hill and Mount Owen. The deepests cave system in the Southern Hemisphere is located here.
Many people believe Nelson has the best climate in New Zealand, in that it is a serius competitor for the national statistics for sunshine hours, with an annual average total of over 2400 hours.
The geographical "Centre of New Zealand" allegedly lies in Nelson; on a hilltop suspiciously convenient to the centre of the city. This supposed "centre" in fact simply marks the point deemed the "centre" for the purposes of early geographical surveys. The true geographical centre lies in a patch of unremarkable dense scrub in a forest on the Spooner Range near Tapawera, 35 kilometres southwest of Nelson.
Nelson serves as a centre for arts and crafts, and each year hosts popular events such as the Nelson Arts Festival, and, in previous years, the annual Wearable Art Awards, although these have now moved to Wellington.
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