National Travel Assistance brochure
You may qualify for assistance if you:
Please note: Not everyone qualifies for full assistance. Your first visit for hospital care may not qualify but if you have return visits you will be eligible if you meet the above criteria. Please discuss your circumstances with the National Travel Assistance Coordinator to see what help is available.
Register and get a copy of the claim form by contacting a National Travel Assistance Coordinator:
Greymouth: 03 769 7400 extension 2592
Buller: 03 788 9262
Please register well before your appointment – it can take some time to complete registration.
If you are at Te Nīkau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre and need treatment at another hospital as part of your care, West Coast DHB will arrange free transport. You may have to organise your own transport back to the West Coast.
Please discuss this with the Nurse in Charge or Social Worker before you leave the Greymouth facility. You may also be eligible for travel and accommodation depending on the distance from home to the health facility.
If you ask to transfer to another health facility, you will have to pay the transport costs.
St John volunteers run two rural shuttles on weekdays, from Hokitika to Greymouth return.
West Coast Health Shuttle Service
For more information or to make a booking please call 0800 009 865 between 9am and 3pm.
This service is free. Please consider donating to St John to help cover costs.
Red Cross offers a shuttle service for patients travelling Westport to Greymouth or Greymouth to Westport.
Find out more about Buller Health Shuttle and transport Services
Public parking is available near the entrances from High Street and Water Walk Road. Please do not park on the Te Nīkau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre grounds if you are likely to stay longer than four hours. Do not park in the mobility car parks unless you have a mobility parking permit.
Public Transport is not available in Greymouth , however a Taxi service is available. Contact 03 768 7078 to make a booking. Greymouth Taxis also runs a shuttle service to and from Hokitika Airport. To make a booking contact the Greymouth Taxi office: 03 768 7078
For maps showing you locations of car parks click here.
Shuttle services are available to and from Te Nīkau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre (Please see some info a little higher up on this page). For further information about shuttle services and parking, click here.
Page last updated: 8 April 2021
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