Hokitika, a town with a permanent population of less than 3,000, was once the oldest settlement on the west coast of the South Island, where gold mining workers settled in the mid-18th century. The town is beautiful and quiet, because there are quite a lot of tourists who transit and rest in the traffic lanes to the two major glaciers. In front of the clock tower and on the beach, they have left the shadow of punching people. The mining and processing of Maori jade (green jade) is the mainstay of the town, and the jade shops are everywhere on the street, and buyers who know the goods often find their favorite treasures.