Haast

Haast occupies a low coastal plain beside the Haast River in New Zealand’s West Coast region. The township lies a short distance from the Tasman Sea, where the coast meets the forested country below the Southern Alps. Its wider surroundings form part of Te Wāhipounamu, the South West New Zealand World Heritage Area, recognised for protecting major tracts of temperate rainforest, wetlands and alpine terrain. State Highway 6 crosses Haast Pass/Tioripatea to connect the West Coast with Otago. Haast’s English name commemorates the 19th-century geologist Julius von Haast. Browse nearby webcams to see how Haast fits into the wider West Coast and Southern Alps.

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