Cities in South Island
Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's third-most populous urban area. It lies one third of the way down the ... more
Tasman-marlborough, New Zealand
Tasman-Marlborough is a region on the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand , consisting of three national provinces: Tasman, Marlborough, and ... more
West Coast, New Zealand
New Zealand 's West Coast is on the South Island . Its landscape is a combination of rugged narrow coastline, rainforests and high mountains.
Kaikoura, New Zealand
Kaikoura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1,180 km north of Christchurch.
Central Otago, New Zealand
Central Otago is a powerful landscape, sunny, dry and brown with weathered ancient mountains, alpine herb fields and fast flowing rivers. The area is known ... more
Clutha, New Zealand
Clutha District is a local government district of southern New Zealand, with its headquarters in the Otago town of Balclutha. The Clutha District has a land ... more
Blenheim, New Zealand
Blenheim is a town on New Zealand's South Island. It's known as a gateway to the wineries of the Wairau Valley to the west. In town, the Marlborough Museum ... more
Greymouth, New Zealand
Greymouth is a town on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. Its History House Museum has exhibits chronicling the town's mining and jade-hunting past. ... more
Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand
Abel Tasman National Park is in the Nelson Tasman region of the South Island of New Zealand, between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay.
Reefton, New Zealand
Reefton is a small town in the West Coast region of New Zealand, some 80 km northeast of Greymouth, in the Inangahua River valley. Ahaura is 44 km south-west of... more
Haast, New Zealand
Haast is a small town in the Westland District territorial authority on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. The Haast region covers over 2,500 square ... more
Invercargill, New Zealand
Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the ... more
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown, New Zealand, sits on the shores of the South Island's Lake Wakatipu, set against the dramatic Southern Alps. Renowned for adventure sports, it's ... more
Te Anau, New Zealand
Te Anau is a town on the South Island of New Zealand. It's known as a gateway to Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound. The region is home to endangered, ... more
Springfield, New Zealand
Springfield is a small town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, in the South Island, of New Zealand. The Maori name for Springfield is Tawera. In 2001 it had ... more
Craigieburn, New Zealand
Craigieburn is the name of a settlement and several geographic features in northwest Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island. The Craigieburn Range of ... more
Craigieburn, New Zealand
Craigieburn is the name of a settlement and several geographic features in northwest Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island. The Craigieburn Range of ... more
Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. While Tauranga, Napier-Hastings and Hamilton ... more
Hokitika, New Zealand
Hokitika is a township in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island, 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika ... more
Oamaru, New Zealand
Oamaru the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and ... more
Timaru, New Zealand
Timaru is a major port in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 160 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and about 200 kilometres northeast of ... more
Lake Ohau, New Zealand
Lake Ohau[2] is a glacial lake in the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand's South Island. It is fed by the Hopkins and Dobson rivers, which have their headwaters in ... more
Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
Kaiteriteri is a town and seaside resort in the Tasman Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is close to both Marahau, the main gateway to Abel Tasman ... more
Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand
Arthurs Pass National Park [1] is a major national park in the center of the South Island New Zealand. The park is a popular stop from the TranzAlpine train and... more
Wanaka, New Zealand
Wanaka is a town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated at the southern end of Lake Wanaka, adjacent to the outflow of the lake ... more
Otago, New Zealand
Otago is a southeastern region on New Zealand's South Island. Its terrain encompasses snow-capped mountains, glacial lakes and a rugged peninsula sheltering ... more