Greymouth is the largest town in the West Coast region on the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. It population accounts for 20% of the West Coast's inhabitants. Image File history File links Location map of Greymouth, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Location map of Greymouth, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The West Coast is one of the administrative regions of New Zealand, located on the west coast of the South Island. ... Regions is the formal term for the top tier of local government in New Zealand. ... South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...

The town is located at the mouth of the Grey River. It stands on narrow coastal plains close to the foot of the Southern Alps. In clear weather, Mount Cook can be clearly seen to the south from near the town. The mouth of the river divided the town into three areas: Blaketown, close to the river's mouth on the south bank; Karoro, to the southeast, sepaprated from Blaketown by a series of small lakes; and Cobden, formerly a separate town, on the river's north bank. The Grey River is located in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. ... The Southern Alps is a mountain range which runs along the western side of the South Island of New Zealand. ... Aoraki/Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. ...

It is on State Highway 6, which connects it with Hokitika in the south and Westport in the north. It also stands at the terminus of State Highway 7, which runs through Dobson and Reefton, eventually reaching north Canterbury and Christchurch via Arthur's Pass. The New Zealand State Highway network is a network of roads covering the North and South Islands. ... Hokitika is a township on the West Coast of New Zealand, 38 kilometres south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. ... Westport is a town in the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ... Dobson is a small town on the banks of the Grey River in the South Island of New Zealand. ... The small town of Reefton is located in the west of New Zealands South Island, some 80 kilometres northeast of Greymouth, in the valley of the Inangahua River. ... The New Zealand region of Canterbury mostly comprises the Canterbury Plains. ... For other uses, see Christchurch (disambiguation). ... Arthurs Pass Arthurs Pass is an alpine crossing of the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand. ...

The Grey District also includes the settlement of Runanga. Runanga is a small town (population approximately 1,000) on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ...

History

Maori had lived in the area for considerable time before European settlement, and called it Mawhera (still an alternative name for the Grey River). The first European to visit the site of what is now Greymouth was Thomas Brunner in 1846. Brunner discovered coal in the Grey valley, and several places in the region (notably the town of Brunner and Lake Brunner) bear his name. Brunner himself named the Grey River after prominent 19th century New Zealand politician Sir George Grey. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Brunner is a town in the northwest of New Zealands South Island, with a population of somewhat under 1000 people. ... Lake Brunner is the largest lake in the northwestern South Island of New Zealand, covering an area of 40 km2. ... There have been two famous people by the name of George Grey. ...

Greymouth has a history of coal and gold mining. Then the gold industry started to decline, forestry became a new staple industry, and fishing is also important to the town, despite the fact that the entrance to the Grey River has a notoriously dangerous sandbar. Ecotourism is also becoming a major money-earner for Greymouth. Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... Forestry - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Fishing from a Pier Fishing is a term applied to any activity which aims to capture fish or shellfish for subsistence, scientific, commercial or recreational purposes. ... In geography, a bar is a linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. ... Ecotourism essentially means ecological tourism, where ecological has both environmental and social connotations. ...

See also

• List of regions in New Zealand
• Territorial Authorities of New Zealand.

Regions is the formal term for the top tier of local government in New Zealand. ... Territorial authorities is the formal term for the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. ...

External link

• The district council's website
• Pleppin New Zealand Tourism Guides - Greymouth