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West Coast women

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West Coast women

Women appear infrequently in images of West Coast life. As this Greymouth mural suggests, they traditionally played a support role in the home.

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by Simon Nathan

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Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21050/west-coast-women (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.