sentences:  The miners of the Otago and West Coast diggings helped Viard build up his depleted finances.He visited Otago and Canterbury in 1864 and the northern part of the South Island and Westland in 1866.In Westland, Irish priests followed the thousands of Irish miners and their families to the diggings, and parishes were established at Greymouth, Hokitika, Kumara, Ngahere, Charleston, Ross, Westport and Reefton.