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The Hokitika Museum is a regional museum located in the heart of Te Tai Poutini - West Coast. What began in 1869, in the new Town Hall, as the “Museum Room” grew into the West Coast’s largest museum and archive.

Elizabeth and Selwyn welcome you to Awatuna Sunset Lodge. Centrally located on the West Coast, the perfect destination for leisure or business. Our Boutique Lodge is a smoke-free adult retreat where you will enjoy some nurturing and nature.

Kiwi Journeys are excited to release the new ‘Gorge on Cycle and Scenery’ tour. As the name suggests, this one-day tour has it all, including a guided tour of the spectacular Hokitika Gorge and an amazing bike ride on the West Coast Wilderness Trail.

Handpainted fridge magnets, standing stones and wall panels created on site by graphic artist, William Steyn. Choose from quirky kiwis, dancing folk, windswept trees, spirals or stylized faces painted on West Coast beach stones.

Stay on a farm & visit the animals. Experience an off-grid eco home, totally solar powered! Large private room. Light breakfast provided in your room. 10min drive to the centre of town & glow worm dell. Relax and take in the views of the farm & bush.

Handcrafted Soaps originally designed and themed with a dash of political incorrectness, sprinklings of humour and bucketloads of attitude.

Sock World Hokitika is the home of New Zealand Auto Knitter - manufacturer of the world's best and most innovative circular sock machines; and CSM Yarns - the world's finest sock and hand-knit yarns.

Discover Gold Rush Relics and Pan for Gold!

A contemporary, fresh and inspiring Gallery right in the heart of Hokitika

We provide a comprehensive, impartial information and booking service for Hokitika, Westland and New Zealand for accommodation, activities, attractions and travel bookings.

Cycle Journeys provides self-guided cycling packages on the West Coast Wilderness Trail. From self-guided packaged tours, bike hire and luggage transfers, to shuttles and accommodation, we have everything you need to ride the West Coast Trail.

A dozen pubs have come and gone since Woodstock Hotel sprang to life in May 1865 but only one has survived the test of time – the Royal Mail Hotel.