Greta Valley
Town in Canterbury, New Zealand
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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]
Greta Valley | |
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Greta Valley village looking in a south easterly direction | |
 Interactive map of Greta Valley | |
| Coordinates: 42°57′50″S 172°58′04″E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury |
| Territorial authority | Hurunui District |
| Ward | East Ward |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (New Zealand Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (New Zealand Daylight Time) |
It is situated approximately halfway between Christchurch and Cheviot just off State Highway 1.
2016 earthquake
At 18:13 on 22 November 2016, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck the town of Scargill, 2 kilometres northwest of Greta Valley. The earthquake was described by locals as severe due to its shallow depth of 7 kilometres. As a result, there was significant damage to the local community hall, houses, and water tanks. The earthquake was considered an aftershock of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.[2]
Demographics
Greta Valley is part of the wider Omihi statistical area.[3]
