Kokiri
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Train at Kokiri in 1900 |
| Country | New Zealand |
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| Region | West Coast |
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| District | Grey District |
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| • MP | Damien O'Connor (Labour) |
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Kokiri is a town on the Arnold River in the west of New Zealand's South Island. It has a train stop.
Location
Kokiri is on the train line between Greymouth and Christchurch. It is 14 miles from Greymouth and 37 miles from Otira. It is also five miles from Stillwater Junction. Its train stop is 79 feet (24 metres) above sea level. The town is on the west side of the Arnold River in Grey County's Maori Creek riding.
References
Grey District, New Zealand |
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| Populated places | | Greymouth Central Ward |
- Blaketown
- Cobden
- Greymouth Central
- Karoro
- Wharemoa
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| Eastern Ward |
- Ahaura
- Blackball
- Brunner
- Dobson
- Haupiri
- Inchbonnie
- Kokiri
- Moana
- Ngahere
- Stillwater
- Taylorville
- Wallsend
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| Northern Ward |
- Barrytown
- Dunollie
- Runanga
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| Southern Ward | |
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| Geographic features |
- Ahaura River
- Alexander River
- Barrytown Flats
- Big River
- Lake Brunner
- Clarke River
- Crooked River
- Eastern Hohonu River
- Greenstone River / Hokonui
- Grey River / Māwheranui
- Harper Pass
- Kangaroo Lake
- Little Hohonu River
- Nancy River
- Ōrangipuku River
- Otto River
- Paparoa Range
- Lake Poerua
- Poerua River
- Rough River
- Taramakau River
- Upper Grey River
- Waiheke River
- Waikiti River
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| Facilities and attractions |
- Arnold Power Station
- Bell Hill mill tramway
- Blackball Branch
- Blackball Museum of Working Class History
- Greymouth Airport
- Hannah's Building
- History House Museum
- John Sturgeon Park
- Kotuku Model Bungalow
- Left Bank Art Gallery
- Omoto locomotive dump
- Paparoa National Park
- Paparoa Track
- Pike29 Memorial Track
- Pike River Mine
- Rapahoe Branch
- Rewanui Branch
- Ross Branch
- Runanga Miners' Hall
- Shantytown Heritage Park
- Stillwater–Ngākawau Line
- Tyneside Mine
- Wingham Park
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| Government | |
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| Organisations |
- Greymouth High School
- Greymouth Star
- John Paul II High School
- Pike River Coal
- Scenicland FM
- Tai Poutini Polytechnic
- West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society
- West Coast Rugby Football Union
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