Web Directory > NZ > Regional > West Coast

Includes Buller, Greymouth, Hokitika, Westport

• Air West Coast : our scenic airline
  Includes timetables for regular flights and information about scenic and charter flights.
  
  
• Blackball working class history project
  Site details the plans for a museum focused on the 1908 Blackball miners' strike and surrounding class issues. Includes historical information about the strike and the centennary in 2008.
  
  
• Brian Mason Scientific & Technical Trust
  Advances scientific and technical projects, teaching and research in Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand. Includes background, trustees, reports, application forms.
  
  
• Buller District Council = Te Takiwā Kaunihera o Kawatiri
  Information about the Buller District Council and the services it provides. Includes plans, policies, and rating information.
  
  
• Buller District Council. Library quick search
  Online library catalogue. Also new book list and research databases.
  
  
• Cancer Society of New Zealand : Canterbury and West Coast Division
  Information about the Canterbury and West Coast Division, its activities and services, including patient support services, patient accommodation, The John Wilson Information Centre and Library, and health promotion.
  
  
• Canterbury Caving Group, New Zealand
  History and current newsletters of speleogical group active in the West Coast and Nelson areas, and based in Christchurch.
  
  
• Community & Public Health
  CPH delivers public health services in Canterbury (from Kaikoura to the Waitaki River) and the West Coast. Information about the services offered and contact details. Resources and posters can be ordered online.
  
  
• Development West Coast
  About the organisation which is a charitable trust and its work in providing business, community and educational support and training. Includes information about the West Coast region; details and application forms for courses and funding and key documents.
  
  
• Er District, West Coast of New Zealand
  The Buller Community Development Company (BCDC) site aims to promote the Buller District and West Coast area of New Zealand. It outlines general information and history. There are links to community resources, businesses and information for visitors.
  
  
• Film South New Zealand
  Film South New Zealand Trust provides location, local film crew, permit and resource information to assist film shoots in the Canterbury and West Coast regions of the South Island.
  
  
• General Information - Library
  Grey District Council operates two Libraries namely the Greymouth Central Library and the Runanga Branch Library.
  
  
• Grey District : lotsa' colour!
  About the district. History, and things to do and see.
  
  
• Grey District Council, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand : home page
  Information about the council, its facilities and services. Includes a "document library" of reports, plans and other documents in PDF format.
  
  
• History of Te Kinga & Lake Brunner, West Coast, New Zealand
  The European and Māori history of the region; Thomas Brunner and his journeys and historic ships of the area.
  
  
• News
  Website of the Westport News, which provides the front page, sport, family notices, and classifieds from the current week's papers.
  
  
• Okarito Community Association Inc.
  Outlines threats to the Okarito environment from developers and provides information about the locality and community.
  
  
• Port of Greymouth : welcome to Port of Greymouth
  Describes the facilities available at the port, including navigational and shipping information. Outlines the future development of the port facilities and contact details.
  
  
• Port of Westport
  Includes information about cargo services and tracking, marine services, shipping and environmental issues.
  
  
• Public health information quarterly (communicable diseases) : for general practitioners and practice nurses
  Provides information about infectious diseases, aimed at general practitioners and practice nurses. Published by CPH (Crown Public Health; Community & Public Health from January 2003), a public health services provider in Canterbury (from Kaikoura to the Waitaki River) and the West Coast. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Remote huts Westland
  Aims to raise awareness about 40 remote huts in the Hokitika area. From the Taramakau catchment down to and including the Waitaha River in South Westland. Directory with photographs; routes; access; location and hut condition.
  
  
• Save Happy Valley!
  The Save Happy Valley Coalition was formed in response to the intention of Solid Energy to open an open-cast coal mine in Happy Valley in the Westland District. The site provides a record of the campaign to prevent this, and information and resources for involvement. Includes online resources and a blog.
  
  
• Tai Poutini Polytechnic, West Coast, New Zealand
  Tai Poutini Polytechnic has a campus in Greymouth as well as other campuses around New Zealand. Information about enrollment, courses and each campus.
  
  
• West Coast District Health Board = Te Poari Hauora a Rohe o Tai Poutini
  Information about the board, reports, vacancies.
  
  
• West Coast Marine Protection Forum
  Forum is run by locals to examine ways to protect marine habitats and ecosystems on the West Coast. Information on meetings, proposals and media releases.
  
  
• West Coast of the Southern Alps
  A tourist and travel guide to the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
  
  
• West Coast Regional Council
  Information about the state of the environment in the West Coast Region and the work of the Council managing the environment. Includes online publications.
  
  
• West of the Southern Alps
  Website of photographer Kathleen Shepherd. Includes photos of landscapes, flora and fauna on the West Coast in NZ.
  
  
• Westland District Council
  Information about the Council, its activities and services. Includes online Council documents. Includes a noticeboard and events section.
  
  
• Westland District Library
  In Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand serving Westland District between the Taramakau River and Jackson's Bay, along the West Coast of the South Island. Online catalogue and online renewals are possible.
  
  
• WestREAP : pathways to learning + Te arahou
  The Westland REAP site, Rural Education Activities Programme provides educational services throughout Grey & Westland Districts by means of community programmes and courses.
  
  
• White Heron Sanctuary Tours
  Includes information about the Waitangiroto white heron colony; kotuku and other birds in the area such as spoonbills and shags; and bird-watching tours. Bird calls of some of the birds are downloadable in audio files.