Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/West Coast task force/History

Māori history
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.
 * Arahura Deed
 * Mawhera Incorporation
 * Ngāti Waewae
 * Ngāti Māhaki ki Makaawhio aka Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio

Built history
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.

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
The German Wikipedia has complete lists of heritage items. The following ones apply to the West Coast:
 * West Coast region
 * Greymouth
 * Hokitika
 * Reefton
 * Westport

On English Wikipedia:
 * Hokitika
 * Grey District
 * Buller District
 * Westland District currently in user space

Newspapers
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.
 * Greymouth Star (aka Greymouth Evening Star)
 * Grey River Argus
 * Hokitika Guardian (see Greymouth Star)
 * Kumara Times
 * West Coast Messenger (see Greymouth Star)
 * Westport News
 * West Coast Times

Miscellanous

 * Stanley Graham – could do with improving, here's one source