page_title: Greta Valley
hierarchical_section_title: Greta Valley
caption_attribution_description: English: Greta Valley, New Zealand
context_page_description: Greta Valley is a small 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.
  It is situated approximately halfway between Christchurch and Kaikoura just off State Highway 1.
context_section_description: Greta Valley is a small 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.
  It is situated approximately halfway between Christchurch and Kaikoura just off State Highway 1.
caption: Greta Valley looking toward the intersection with New Zealand State Highway 1
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