76. 25-Sep 2025: Havelock, Marlborough

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ.

Today we were in Havelock sharing the Good News. We set up in central township outside a very impressive, brand new toilet block.

We were in between two very popular cafes, so quite a lot of competition for our free barbecue.

We found the people very friendly here.

Lots of people stopping by for refreshments, who were on their way to Nelson. The weather was a bit windy with the odd shower, but mostly fine. There were not many people out and about on the street, so it was a bit slow going.

We were keen to get some mussels, but apparently the boats didn’t go out today. There were lots of lovely restaurants and cafes around, but unfortunately a little expensive for us. We did however enjoy the picturesque scenery.

We stayed from 12.00-4.00pm, with 20 people praying the salvation prayer with us, hallelujah! We then headed back to camp.

Psalm 62:1 Truly my soul silently waits for God;
From Him comes my salvation.

Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Thank you for joining us, God bless, please comment by clicking on the post title.

With love from your brother in Christ,

Paul

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About Havelock….

Havelock is a small town in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, at the head of Pelorus Sound, one of the Marlborough Sounds, and at the mouth of the Pelorus and Kaituna Rivers

State Highway 6 from Nelson to Blenheim passes through the town. Queen Charlotte Drive, which provides a shorter but very winding road to Picton proceeds east along the edge of the Sounds. Canvastown lies 10 kilometres to the west. Renwick is 31 km (19 mi) to the south. Picton lies 35 km to the east.

Havelock serves as the centre for much of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel industry, and promotes itself as the greenshell mussel capital of the world. It also functions as the base for a mail boat servicing the remote communities in the Marlborough Sounds, as well as for many fishing and recreational boats.

The name “Havelock” commemorates Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857), known from the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The streets were laid out in 1858, with Lucknow Street as the main thoroughfare. The gold rush to the Wakamarina Valley in 1864 boosted the growth of the township, with sawmilling becoming the main activity until the 1910s, later joined by dairying. The valleys around Havelock contain many pine plantations.

Across the Kaituna River estuary, the Cullen Point Scenic Reserve and the Mahakipawa Hill Scenic Reserve offer a coastal walking-track to a lookout at Cullen Point.

Wikipedia

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