Wed, 17 Feb 2021, 3:25PM
Wedged between two national parks, it s all about the outdoors in Murchison. To the right of town, Nelson Lakes National Park unfurls its bejewelled splendour, while the tapestried alpine grandeur of Kahurangi National Park rises up on its left. Murchison certainly sits pretty in the Four Rivers plain, dishing up nature and adventure at every turn. Located at the confluence of five major valleys Maruia, Mangles, Matiri, Buller and Matakitaki the town was once the cultural and commercial hub of a community of industrious pioneers. There was gold in the rivers, timber on the hills, acres of farmable land and the freedom to use it all. Nowadays, outdoorsy tourism is the prime industry alongside agriculture, with wild brown trout fishing and white water sports two towering calling-cards here.