West Coast Region
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The West Coast is a region of New Zealand on the west coast of the South Island. It is administered by the West Coast Regional Council, and is known co-officially as Te Tai Poutini. It comprises the t
Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki
Motukiekie Rocks
Dillmanstown, a gold mining town
Fox Glacier, a popular visitor destination on the West Coast
Franz Josef / Waiau
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Franz Josef is a small town in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Whataroa is 32 kilometres to the north-east, and the township of Fox Glacier is 23 kilometres to the south-west
Franz Josef (middle left), next to the Waiho River, as seen from Alex Knob
Grahams Hotel at the toe of the Franz Josef Glacier, 1932. Established about 1911 by the Graham brothers and run by them it was sold to the New Zealand Government in 1947
State Highway 6 running through Franz Josef
St James Church, 2020