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Bulwer is located in New Zealand Marlborough
Bulwer
Bulwer
Location in New Zealand Marlborough
Country New Zealand
Region Marlborough

Bulwer is a small locality in Waihinau Bay in the outer Pelorus Sound, New Zealand. It can be reached by 77 km of winding, mostly unsealed, road from Rai Valley. A weekly mail boat service delivers mail and also offers passenger services.

The area surrounding Bulwer features a mixture of native bush, farm land and pine plantations.

Naming

"Bulwer" and the associated name "Lytton Water" honour either Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) or his son Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-1891).

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