Overview Aotearoa Research Science
Research project

Marlborough

A long-horizon, systems-engineering analysis of Marlborough’s problems and the solution camps that address them. Written on a 10 / 50 / 100-year frame, presented neutrally, and generated from a typed entity graph so every claim is traceable to a source.

  • Climate adaptation

    Drought risk, coastal hazard, and adaptation in Marlborough wine country.

  • Crime & safety

    Family violence, seasonal RSE-related issues, and the policing of a rural region.

  • Economy

    Wine (~77% of NZ production, ~$1.8B exports, ~28,000 ha), aquaculture (~100,000 t mussels, ~95% NZ), Cook Strait ferries.

  • Education

    NMIT / EIT tertiary, school engagement, and the seasonal-work education context.

  • Environment

    Marlborough Sounds ecology, freshwater allocation, and the wine-country impact.

  • Governance

    Marlborough District (unitary authority), Treaty settlements (Ngāti Toa, Rangitāne).

  • Health

    Wairau Hospital (Blenheim), primary care, mental health, and rural reach.

  • Housing

    Affordability for seasonal workers (RSE), rural housing, and lifestyle-block supply.

  • Inequality

    Seasonal work, RSE worker conditions, and structural drivers in Marlborough.

  • Infrastructure

    Kaikōura SH1 repair (~$1.4B post-quake), Cook Strait ferries, and three waters.

  • Transport

    SH1 reliability post-Kaikōura, Cook Strait ferries (Picton), and the wine-region road network.