Granity is a small town on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, 28 kilometres north-east of Westport on State Highway 67. Karamea is 68 kilometres further north. The town is on a narrow strip of land between the Tasman Sea to the west and steep, mountains to the immediate east. Long known as a coal-mining town, the population declined as the industry waned. The population was 170 in June 2023. Several neighbouring towns, such as Denniston, have become virtually ghost towns.