Kōrero: West Coast places
Whārangi 16. Hononga, rauemi nō waho
Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
Buller District Council
The website of the Buller District Council.
Grey District Council
The website of the Grey District Council.
History House Museum
The museum in Greymouth.
The 1947 Greymouth beer boycott
This page on the NZ History website backgrounds the boycott and pub culture on the West Coast.
Shantytown
A re-creation of a West Coast gold-mining town, near Greymouth.
Waiuta – through they eyes of a miner
This page on the NZHistory website provides information about the history of the West Coast town and its resident photographer Joseph Divis.
West Coast information centres
A directory of information centres on the West Coast.
Westland District Council
The website of the Westland District Council.
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
- Apse, Andis. South-west New Zealand World Heritage Area: Te Wahipounamu. Nelson: Craig Potton, 1997.
- Crawshaw, Norman. The first wave: a history of the early days of coal in Buller. Westport: N. Crawshaw, 1999.
- On Denniston: coal from the clouds [videorecording]. Producer Hugh Macdonald; directors Hugh Macdonald and David Sims. Wellington: Memory Line Productions, 1993.
- The ghost town ball [videorecording]. Lower Hutt: NZ National Film Unit, 1986.
- May, Philip Ross. Gold town, Ross, Westland. Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1970.
- Waiuta, 1906–1951: the gold mine, the town, the people. Reefton: Friends of Waiuta, 1986.
- Wood, Brian. Disaster at Brunner: the coalmine tragedy at Brunnerton, NZ, 26 March 1896. 2nd ed. Greymouth: B. Wood, 1998.
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Simon Nathan, West Coast places, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/17561/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.