Reefton Accommodation and Attractions
The small town of Reefton, population about 1,000, is located in the west of New Zealand's South Island, some 80 kilometres northeast of Greymouth, in the valley of the Inangahua River.
Formerly a gold and coal mining town, Reefton today depends largely on coal, forestry, and tourism.
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The rich veins of gold found in a quartz reef near the town led to its name, and also its former delightful name of Quartzopolis. Gold was discovered near the town in 1866, although the major discovery did not come until 1870. Shortly thereafter the town briefly boasted a population of several thousand. Today the population stands at a little over a thousand. However, with opening of a new internationally owned goldmine the population is expected to grow by several hundred in the near future. One feature of historical note about Reefton is that it was the first town in the Southern Hemisphere whose streets were lit by commercial electric power, generated by a water-driven steel turbine, in 1888. edit Victoria Conservation Park The Victoria Conservation Park, the country's largest such park, covers 1,800 square kilometres around the town. It contains stands of all five species of native beech trees.
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