Name
Tasman Bay, the largest indentation in the north coast of the South Island, was named after Abel Tasman, the first reported European discoverer of New Zealand. It passed the name on to the adjoining district, which was formed in 1989 largely from the merger of Waimea and Golden Bay counties.
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