Story: West Coast places All images & media From page 1 – Karamea Karamea Aerial view of Karamea Heaphy hut Ōpārara caves (1st of 3) Stalactites, Ōpārara caves (2nd of 3) Bird skeleton, Ōpārara caves (3rd of 3) Orbicular granite Karamea history From page 2 – Buller coal towns Buller coal towns Seddonville coal train (1st of 3) Train near Seddonville, 1968 (2nd of 3) Chasm Creek walkway (3rd of 3) Ngākawau gorge and Hector township Denniston residents Waimangaroa cemetery From page 3 – Westport Westport Westport from the air A mining life Westport tourism Westport cement works Art deco in Westport From page 4 – Buller valley Buller valley Hawks Crag in the 19th century (1st of 2) Road around Hawks Crag, 1995 (2nd of 2) Return to the West Coast Cliff Street, Lyell Landslide damage, Whitecliffs From page 5 – Reefton Reefton Aerial view of Reefton Reefton – town of light Waiuta, about 1930 Blacks Point Museum From page 6 – Maruia valley Maruia valley Maruia Declaration petition Red beech, Maruia valley Early bathhouses at Maruia Springs (1st of 2) Maruia Springs resort, 2008 (2nd of 2) Alpine Fault near Maruia From page 7 – Coast road Coast road Coastal scenery Mitchells Gully gold mine Charleston from the air (1st of 2) Charleston harbour, about 1880 (2nd of 2) Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki From page 8 – Grey Valley Grey valley Grey valley hotels: Ngahere (1st of 3) Tōtara Flat hotel (2nd of 3) Māwheraiti hotel (3rd of 3) Grey River dredge Kōtuku oil seep Lake Brunner School Gloriavale From page 9 – Grey coal towns Grey coal towns Mass grave at Stillwater Formerly the Blackball Hilton Blackball books A 'Scottish' subdivision From page 10 – Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth from the air Danger on the Greymouth bar 'The barber' Greymouth – top town Scooter fence From page 11 – Taramakau valley Taramakau valley ‘Otira gorge’ TranzAlpine railway Ōtira township Kumara races From page 12 – Hokitika Hokitika Downtown Hokitika Carnegie Library building, Hokitika Westland and Seaview hospitals Pounamu carving Kōwhitirangi memorial From page 13 – Ross to Ōkarito Ross to Ōkarito Ross cemetery South Westland, rugby country (1st of 3) Welcome to Hari Hari (2nd of 3) Whataroa – kōtuku town (3rd of 3) Ōkarito Lagoon Guy Menzies' landing From page 14 – Glaciers Glaciers Franz Josef Glacier (1st of 2) Fox Glacier (2nd of 2) Peace stamps Allan Gillingham’s Plunket book Karangarua bridge From page 15 – The far south The far south South Westland coastline Nolan’s whitebait cannery Mountain lake River crossing, 1940 South Westland forest