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State Highway 73 (SH 73) is a major east-west South Island state highway in New Zealand connecting Christchurch on the east coast with Cass/Hokitika via the Southern Alps.It is mostly two lane, with some single-lane bridges north of Springfield but is mostly dual carriageway in Christchurch.
The Ross Branch, officially known as the Hokitika Line since 2011, and previously as the Hokitika Industrial Line, [1] is a branch line railway that forms part of New Zealand's national rail network. It is located in the Westland District of the South Island 's West Coast region and opened to Hokitika in 1893.
De Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth ZK-ADI, Air Travel's first aircraft. Air New Zealand provides two flights a day to Christchurch. The Hokitika Airport is adjacent to the town, immediately to the north-east in the suburb of Seaview. Hokitika's Southside airfield was the base of Air Travel, New Zealand's first airline.
NAC inaugurated its Christchurch-Hokitika Friendship service on 20 December 1968. Fokker Friendship ZK-BXI flew the first flight. By 1974 16,945 people were flying through Hokitika each year and from 14 September 1974 NAC introduced Saturday flights from Hokitika to Christchurch. This was the first time Hokitika had a daily air service. [3]
It links to Christchurch via Arthur's Pass. The TranzAlpine train service runs return between Christchurch and Greymouth daily and freight lines extend to Ngākawau and Hokitika. Daily passenger flights operate into the region. Air New Zealand flies between Christchurch and Hokitika and Sounds Air between Wellington and Westport.
The train was introduced on Sunday 22 November 1987 to replace the conventional Christchurch-Greymouth express trains and became one of the New Zealand Railways Corporation's new tourist-oriented passenger services utilising refurbished rolling stock. Accompanying this new-look train were a new-look livery and rebranding.