Greta Valley

Greta Valley
Settlement
Greta Valley village looking in a south easterly direction
Greta Valley village looking in a south easterly direction
Map
Coordinates: 42°57′50″S 172°58′04″E / 42.9638°S 172.9677°E / -42.9638; 172.9677
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Territorial authorityHurunui District
WardEast Ward
Time zoneUTC+12 (New Zealand Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
Greta Valley looking toward the intersection with New Zealand State Highway 1
Tavern Reserve, Picnic Area and Playground
Local Cafe

Greta Valley is a town in North Canterbury, 83 km north of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was named after the River Greta in Yorkshire by local runholders Sir Charles Clifford and Sir Frederick Weld in the 1850s, but it is to the east of the Greta River and on the south bank of the Waikari River.[1]

It is situated approximately halfway between Christchurch and Cheviot just off State Highway 1.

  1. ^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 380.