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Māori history

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Māori topics are not well covered in Wikipedia articles. Placename translations are usually taken from Reed, which is sometimes wrong. There are plenty of topics to work on.

Built history

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Historic places, as well as being tourist attractions, are a good starting point for improving Wikipedia coverage of a town or settlement

Category II listings can be added as needed. Use Template:NZHPT for referencing. Here's a map of West Coast heritage sites with no image and a list sorted by town/locality.

Heritage buildings
Wikipedia Quality Wikidata Commons category HNZ District Done Notes
All Saints' Church, Hokitika Start Q76853531 All Saints' Church, Hokitika I Westland New article. Requesting a pic of the stained glass window if anyone is able, the artist has no pics on his page.
Buller County Chambers Q79300924 Buller County Chambers I Buller
Donovan's Store Start Q77292552 Donovan's Store I Westland New article.
Government Buildings, Hokitika Start Q79301720 Government Buildings, Hokitika I Westland New article.
Greymouth Government Building Q79301715 Greymouth Government Building I Grey
Greymouth Courthouse Q77978641 Greymouth Courthouse I Grey
Greymouth Station Q79301432 Greymouth Station I Grey
Guy Menzies' Landing Site Q79301462 Guy Menzies' Landing Site I Westland
Hokitika Customhouse Stub Q79300874 Hokitika Customhouse I Westland New stub.
Kotuku Model Bungalow Start Q79302848 Kotuku Model Bungalow I Grey New article. Nice pic of kids on the bungalow on the WestCoastNZHistory site (should I ask them about copyright or best left alone? DrTh)
Mahinapua Creek Railway Bridge Q79302391 Mahinapua Creek Railway Bridge I Westland
Moana Railway Station Q79302840 Moana Railway Station I Grey
Reefton Courthouse Q79310370 Reefton Courthouse I Buller
Runanga Miners' Hall Q79311642 Runanga Miners' Hall I Grey New article.
Ruru Railway Station Q79310445 Ruru railway station I Grey
St Mary's Catholic Church, Hokitika‎ Start Q7594251 St Mary's Catholic Church, Hokitika I Westland Existing article that has been expanded
Statue of Richard Seddon, Hokitika Start Q79303916 Seddon Statue, Hokitika I Westland New article.
St Andrew's United Church, Hokitika‎ Start Q79313256 St Andrew's United Church, Hokitika I Westland New article, requesting pic of 'very fine' marble honour roll in interior, please, Mike. DrThneed.
St James Church, Franz Josef‎ C Q79304080 St James Church, Franz Josef I Westland New article. Paora, thanks for the pic! DrThneed
Westport Municipal Chambers C Q79312506 Westport Municipal Chambers I Buller New article
Hokitika Museum Start Q54819076 Hokitika Museum II Westland New article (already had article on the Hungarian WP)
Granity Community Library Stub Q73554804 Granity Public Library II Buller New article
Westport Public Library (former) na Q79311117 Westport Public Library II Westport Carnegie Library (1904–2003), included on Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library page

Plus there's the Arthur Dudley Dobson memorial which has a new article as of February 2022. It's not registered with Heritage NZ (not sure why not?) and it's strictly speaking not located within the West Coast. But it's only a few metres away from the boundary in Selwyn District at Arthur's Pass (the mountain pass; not the village).

Lists of registered heritage items

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The German Wikipedia has complete lists of heritage items. The following ones apply to the West Coast:

On English Wikipedia:

Newspapers

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See the Papers Past list for West Coast newspapers. These should all be checked against Wikidata, so they can be cited in "stated in" references.

Political history

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Wikipedia Quality Wikidata Done Notes
Mayor of Buller Stub Q16160150 could do with a bit more prose but otherwise fine
Mayor of Grey Start Q24189548 for many mayors, only the initials are known; otherwise complete
Mayor of Hokitika List Q17051347 list of mayors is incomplete
Mayor of Kumara Q98786642
Mayor of Ross Q98787341
Mayor of Runanga Q98787349
Mayor of Westland List Q65041239 Minimum of prose.
Mayor of Westport, New Zealand Q98787370
Brunner Borough Q98787648 1887–1971
Greymouth Borough Start Q24189572 1868–1989; fine as is
Hokitika Borough Start Q24189574 1867–1989; fine as is
Kumara Borough Q98787666 1877–1969
Ross Borough Start Q98787672 1878–1972
Runanga Borough Q98787680 1912–1989
Westport Borough Q98787686 1873–1989
Buller District Start Q1004325 decent enough article
Grey District Start Q642203 decent enough article
Westland District Start Q2119644 decent enough article

Miscellanous

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