Shantytown Heritage Park

Shantytown provides a real sense of what it was like to live in goldrush era New Zealand. Allowing visitors to participate in activities and observe our country as it was during a time of great immigration, exploration and innovation.

$95

About

Shantytown is one of New Zealand’s premier cultural and heritage attractions. A faithfully recreated pioneer town, born out of, and stimulated by, the great West Coast gold rushes of the 1860s. Shantytown, nestled amidst regenerative native rain forest provides a real sense of what it was like to live in New Zealand then, and what it means to be a New Zealander now. Allowing you to be both participant and observer in this most dynamic period of post-Maori colonisation. Shantytown is also one of the West Coast's leading functions, conferences and weddings venues. Shantytown is located approximately 10km south of Greymouth.

Location

Rutherglen Road, Paroa, Greymouth, New Zealand
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