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Page 16. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Development West Coast

    The website of the trust that manages compensation money from the government after the end of native-forest logging on the West Coast.

  • West Coast

    This section of the Department of Conservation website provides information about parks, recreation and conservation on the West Coast.

  • West Coast memorials

    This page on NZ History offers a clickable map so users can see images and details of major memorials on the West Coast.

  • West Coast Regional Council

    The website of the West Coast’s regional administrative body.

More suggestions and sources

  • Beck, Russell J., and Maika Mason. New Zealand jade: mana pounamu. Auckland: Reed, 2002.
  • Coates, Glen. The rise and fall of the Southern Alps. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002.
  • May, Philip Ross, ed. Miners and militants: politics in Westland, 1865–1918. Christchurch: Whitcoulls for the University of Canterbury, 1975.
  • May, Philip Ross. The West Coast gold rushes. 2nd ed. Christchurch: Pegasus, 1967.
  • McKerrow, Bob. Ebenezer Teichelmann: pioneer New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, surgeon, photographer and conservationist: cutting across continents. New Delhi: Tara-India Research Press, 2005.
  • Rogers, Anna. Illustrated history of the West Coast. Auckland: Reed, 2005.
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How to cite this page

Simon Nathan, West Coast region, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/17405/sources (accessed 11 June 2026).

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