Ross is a small town located in the Westland District on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, 27 kilometres south-west of Hokitika and 46 kilometres north-east of Hari Hari by road. Ross was established in the 1860s, during the West Coast gold rush, and became an important centre for miners. At its largest, the town had around 2,500 inhabitants, but t…Ross is a small town located in the Westland District on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, 27 kilometres south-west of Hokitika and 46 kilometres north-east of Hari Hari by road. Ross was established in the 1860s, during the West Coast gold rush, and became an important centre for miners. At its largest, the town had around 2,500 inhabitants, but the population declined after local goldfields were depleted in the early 1870s. Quartz was occasionally mined on Mount Greenland, a nearby ridge, but little more gold was found until two miners discovered a large 3.1-kilogram nugget in 1909, which was later named the "Honourable Roddy Nugget", after Roderick McKenzie, the Minister for Mines at the time.
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