Nelson city New zealand, It lies at the shore of Tasman Bay, at the northern end of the South Island, and is the administrative centre of the Nelson region.Nelson is a centre for arts and crafts, and each year hosts popular events such as the Nelson Arts Festival. The annual Wearable Art Awards began near Nelson and a museum is now housed close to Airport showcasing winning designs.
Nelson is surrounded by mountains on three sides with Tasman Bay on the other and the region is the gateway to Abel Tasman National Park, Kahurangi National Park, Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa in the Nelson Lakes National Park. It is a centre for both ecotourism and adventure tourism and has a high reputation among caving enthusiasts due to several prominent cave systems around Takaka Hill and Mounts Owen and Arthur, which hold the largest and deepest explored caverns in the southern hemisphere.
The geographical "Centre of New Zealand" allegedly lies in Nelson; on a hilltop near the centre of the city. "Centre" was simply the convenient starting point for the original trigonometrical surveys of the South Island.