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Brightwater (Māori: Wairoa) is a town 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Nelson in Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It stands on the banks of the Wairoa River. Brightwater was first named Spring Grove. Alfred Saunders, the owner of a local flax mill situated on the banks of the Wairoa River and a prominent temperance activist, renamed it Brightwater because of the clarity of the water in Wairoa River. The settlement was named in 1855, but the area was settled as early as 1843.

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  • Brightwater ist ein kleiner Ort im Tasman District auf der Südinsel von Neuseeland. (de)
  • Brightwater est une ville située au sud-ouest de Nelson dans la région de Tasman dans l’île du Sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande. La ville siège sur les rives de la rivière Wairoa et fut le lieu de naissance du prix Nobel de chimie Ernest Rutherford, à qui sont dédiés un mémorial et une rue. (fr)
  • Brightwater (in māori: Wairoa) è una città della Nuova Zelanda situata nel Distretto di Tasman, nella parte settentrionale dell'Isola del Sud. È il luogo natale di Sir Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), premio Nobel per la chimica nel 1908. Si trova 20 km a sud ovest della città di Nelson, sulle rive del fiume Wairoa. Fondata nel 1834, in origine si chiamava Spring Grove. Alfred Saunders, proprietario di una manifattura di fibra di lino, nel 1855 la rinominò Brightwater per la limpidezza delle acque del fiume Wairoa. L'economia è prevalentemente agricola, in particolare viticoltura. (it)
  • Brightwater is een plaats 20 kilometer ten zuidwesten van Nelson op het Zuidereiland van Nieuw-Zeeland. Brightwater ligt aan de oever van de -rivier en kreeg pas in 1855 zijn naam van Alfred Saunders, eigenaar van een lokale vlasmolen, hoewel het gebied al sinds 1843 bewoond was. Brightwater is de geboorteplaats van Nobelprijs-winnaar Ernest Rutherford. (nl)
  • Brightwater – miasto w Nowej Zelandii. Położone w północnej części Wyspy Południowej, w regionie Tasman, 2107 mieszkańców. (dane szacunkowe – styczeń 2010). 30 sierpnia 1871 urodził się tutaj laureat Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie Chemii Ernest Rutherford. (pl)
  • Brightwater är en småstad på Nya Zeelands sydö i regionen Tasman, 20 kilometer sydväst om staden Nelson. Brightwater var födelseplatsen för den Nobelprisbelönade experimentalfysikern Ernest Rutherford som kallats kärnfysikens fader. (sv)
  • Brightwater (Māori: Wairoa) is a town 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Nelson in Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It stands on the banks of the Wairoa River. Brightwater was first named Spring Grove. Alfred Saunders, the owner of a local flax mill situated on the banks of the Wairoa River and a prominent temperance activist, renamed it Brightwater because of the clarity of the water in Wairoa River. The settlement was named in 1855, but the area was settled as early as 1843. (en)
  • Brightwater es una localidad en la región de Tasman en la Isla Sur de Nueva Zelanda. Se encuentra a 20 kilómetros al suroeste de Nelson,​ a las orillas del río Wairoa.​ Según el censo de 2018, la población era de 2,133 personas; 1,080 hombres y 1,056 mujeres.​ En 2013 la población llegaba a 1,749 habitantes.​ Inicialmente la localidad se llamaba Spring Grove. Alfred Saunders, uno de los primeros pobladores de la zona, estableció un molino llamado Brightwater, debido a las aguas brillantes y cristalinas del río Wairoa.​​ Su nombre cambio oficialmente a Brightwater en los años 1880.​ (es)
  • Brightwater é um município situada 20 km ao sudoeste de Nelson, no distrito de Tasman, na Ilha Sul da Nova Zelândia. Localiza-se nas margens do rio Wairoa. Seu nome foi atribuído por Alfred Saunders, dono de uma fábrica de linho local, situada às margens do rio Wairoa, depois de uma canção popular na época, Água Brilhante, que versava sobre a escolha de bebidas não alcoólicas sobre espíritos. O assentamento foi nomeado em 1855, mas a área foi estabelecida já em 1843. (pt)
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