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Kōrero: West Coast places

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Karamea

Karamea

Aerial view of Karamea

Aerial view of Karamea

Heaphy hut

Ōpārara caves

Ōpārara caves (1 o 3)

Stalactites, Ōpārara caves

Stalactites, Ōpārara caves (2 o 3)

Bird skeleton, Ōpārara caves

Bird skeleton, Ōpārara caves (3 o 3)

Orbicular granite

Orbicular granite

Karamea history

Karamea history

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Buller coal towns

Buller coal towns

Buller coal towns

Seddonville coal train

Seddonville coal train (1 o 3)

Train near Seddonville, 1968

Train near Seddonville, 1968 (2 o 3)

Chasm Creek walkway

Chasm Creek walkway (3 o 3)

Ngākawau gorge and Hector township

Ngākawau gorge and Hector township

Denniston residents

Denniston residents

Waimangaroa cemetery

Waimangaroa cemetery

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Westport

Westport

Westport from the air

Westport from the air

A mining life

Westport tourism

Westport tourism

Westport cement works

Westport cement works

Art deco in Westport

Art deco in Westport

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Buller valley

Buller valley

Hawks Crag in the 19th century

Hawks Crag in the 19th century (1 o 2)

Road around Hawks Crag, 1995

Road around Hawks Crag, 1995 (2 o 2)

Return to the West Coast

Return to the West Coast

Cliff Street, Lyell

Cliff Street, Lyell

Landslide damage, Whitecliffs

Landslide damage, Whitecliffs

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Reefton

Reefton

Aerial view of Reefton

Aerial view of Reefton

Reefton – town of light

Reefton – town of light

Waiuta, about 1930

Waiuta, about 1930

Blacks Point Museum

Blacks Point Museum

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Maruia valley

Maruia valley

Maruia Declaration petition

Maruia Declaration petition

Red beech, Maruia valley

Red beech, Maruia valley

Early bathhouses at Maruia Springs

Early bathhouses at Maruia Springs (1 o 2)

Maruia Springs resort, 2008

Maruia Springs resort, 2008 (2 o 2)

Alpine Fault near Maruia

Alpine Fault near Maruia

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Coast road

Coast road

Coastal scenery

Coastal scenery

Mitchells Gully gold mine

Mitchells Gully gold mine

Charleston from the air

Charleston from the air (1 o 2)

Charleston harbour, about 1880

Charleston harbour, about 1880 (2 o 2)

Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki

Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Grey Valley

Grey valley

Grey valley hotels: Ngahere

Grey valley hotels: Ngahere (1 o 3)

Tōtara Flat hotel

Tōtara Flat hotel (2 o 3)

Māwheraiti hotel

Māwheraiti hotel (3 o 3)

Grey River dredge

Grey River dredge

Kōtuku oil seep

Kōtuku oil seep

Lake Brunner School

Lake Brunner School

Gloriavale

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Grey coal towns

Grey coal towns

Grey coal towns

Mass grave at Stillwater

Mass grave at Stillwater

Formerly the Blackball Hilton

Formerly the Blackball Hilton

Blackball books

Blackball books

A 'Scottish' subdivision

A 'Scottish' subdivision

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Greymouth

Greymouth

Greymouth from the air

Greymouth from the air

Danger on the Greymouth bar

Danger on the Greymouth bar

'The barber'

Greymouth – top town

Greymouth – top town

Scooter fence

Mai i te whārangi 11 - Taramakau valley

Taramakau valley

Taramakau valley

‘Otira gorge’

‘Otira gorge’

TranzAlpine railway

TranzAlpine railway

Ōtira township

Ōtira township

Kumara races

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Hokitika

Hokitika

Downtown Hokitika

Downtown Hokitika

Carnegie Library building, Hokitika

Carnegie Library building, Hokitika

Westland and Seaview hospitals

Westland and Seaview hospitals

Pounamu carving

Pounamu carving

Kōwhitirangi memorial

Kōwhitirangi memorial

Mai i te whārangi 13 - Ross to Ōkārito

Ross to Ōkarito

Ross to Ōkārito

Ross cemetery

South Westland, rugby country

South Westland, rugby country (1 o 3)

Welcome to Hari Hari

Welcome to Hari Hari (2 o 3)

Whataroa – kōtuku town

Whataroa – kōtuku town (3 o 3)

Ōkarito Lagoon

Ōkārito Lagoon

Guy Menzies' landing

Guy Menzies' landing

Mai i te whārangi 14 - Glaciers

Glaciers

Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier (1 o 2)

Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier (2 o 2)

Peace stamps

Allan Gillingham’s Plunket book

Allan Gillingham’s Plunket book

Karangarua bridge

Karangarua bridge

Mai i te whārangi 15 - The far south

The far south

South Westland coastline

South Westland coastline

Nolan’s whitebait cannery

Nolan’s whitebait cannery

Mountain lake

River crossing, 1940

River crossing, 1940

South Westland forest

South Westland forest

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Simon Nathan, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/west-coast-places/media (accessed 4 June 2023)

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 23 Feb 2009