Marlborough economy hits $2.5 billion high, driven by wine industry

Marlborough has experienced the third largest gross domestic product increase in New Zealand over the past five years, new figures show. Statistics New Zealand released its annual regional GDP statistics this week, which showed Marlborough GDP increased to $2.5 billion in the year ending March 2015. This was an increase of 2.2 per cent on the previous year and an increase of 28 per cent since 2010, the third highest in the country behind Canterbury and Auckland.