:: Te Tai o Poutini ::
West Coasters share your stories and memories with us!!
This Kete has been created to capture and preserve the historical and current memories,
stories and activities of the West Coast people.
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It's free!! It's easy!!
Groups and individuals are invited to add their stories, documents, digital images, videos and audios to this kete. Help us create a vibrant and interesting site that truly captures the spirit of our place - Te Tai Poutini: the West Coast of the South Island.
To start you need to create an account. You may like to look at the about basket [kete] or around the help section.
If you need help the staff at the public libraries in Hokitika, Greymouth and Westport will be pleased to assist. Also, for your use, these libraries have computers, scanners (to copy those old documents and photos), and access to other recording devices for projects.
If you would like to attend a training workshop in using or developing the site please register your interest with
The West Coast Kete is provided for you by the Aotearoa People's Network through the National Library, the Westland, Grey and Buller Libraries, and various indiviuals and community organisations.
This site will develop and grow with the efforts of those on and off the coast who have archives, ideas and stories to share.
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Flax milling was a vibrant industry at the beginning of the 20th century. Mills were everywhere in the country including
I am keen to see an old photo of the beach at Jones Creek Road (formerly Beach Road) Birchfield, in
Photographs and information about the Strongman Mine and the 1967 Strongman Mine disaster
Interviews and photographs of nine West Coasters with Buller connections, explaining why they considered the objects they had chosen to
Does anyone have any recollection of the Royal Hotel, Westport.My grandfather, John Daily (Jack)and my grandmother, Sarah were hoteliers there
