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GREYMOUTH REGION
Bookending NZ's most famous alpine pass and sitting more or less halfway along the West
Coast highway, the Greymouth area provides easy access to the attractions north and south
as well as offering a decent smattering of diversions within its boundaries.
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Greymouth
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Welcome to the 'Big Smoke', crouched at the mouth of the imaginatively named Grey
River. The West Coast's largest town has gold in its veins, and today its fortunes still ebb
and flow with the tide of mining, although dairy farming and tourism top up the coffers.
The town is well geared for travellers, offering all the necessary services and the odd tour-
ist attraction, the most famous of which is Shantytown.
