Guest houses in the Kenepuru Sound

Abstract

At the north east corner of the South Island of New Zealand is an intricate system of waterways known as the MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS. [1]. A product of the sea's invasion into a maze of forested valleys, the Sounds are dominated by hillsides rising steeply from sea level up to 1200m with few floodplains. [2]. The Sounds can be divided up into three main waterways: Queen Charlotte Sound Pelorus Sound Kenepuru Sound In this Research Report I intend to concentrate on the Kenepuru Sound, a 14 mile offshoot of the Pelorus Sound, and five of the guest houses still remaining of the many for which this Sound was once well known. (see Fig 1)