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"To New Zealanders the term "The Coast" invariably refers to the West Coast of the South Island, and "Coasters" to those that live there"
~ really? i lived in Christchurch for 22 years & never heard anyone refer to it as "The Coast" or "Coasters". Maybe West Coasters refer to themselves like that, but not other New Zealanders.
--- Yeah I agree, I have lived in new zealand for 19 years and I have never once heard anyone from the west coast being referred to as a "coaster".
Kotare 22:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
--- I assure you people on the West Coast refer to themselves as "Coasters".
plqgnmv
--- I have added three links, two of them semi-official, which use the term "Coasters". I therefore removed the "citation needed" tag. Hope that is okay. Jenser 20:16, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I removed Milford Sound as one of the West Coast's tourist attractions. Yes, it is on the West Coast of the South Island, but it is usually regarded as being in Southland, not in the region known as the West Coast. Grutness 11:12, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I've laos removed this, since I don't know that's it's of much relevance, but I'll leave it here in case anyone wants it back:
In need of an "Economy" section I think. Probably worth looking for suitable templates from the entries for other regions. Snori 20:59, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
I realise there is a specific district on the Coast known as Westland, but I and many other Kiwis I know often tend to refer to the entire West Coast (Buller, Grey, and Westland Districts) as simply Westland. I have books that employ this usage, and the Wikipedia article itself even uses it once in the History section: "Westland was only occasionally visited by early Europeans". I once made a note in the article's introduction stating the region is sometimes called Westland, but it has been edited out. I think it should be re-instated. Thoughts? - Axver 04:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
I reverted the inclusion of this external link because the site appears to be commercial - the photos are for sale. Kahuroa ( talk) 05:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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West Coast Region → West Coast, New Zealand – This is one of a series of ongoing discussions about the names of the regions of New Zealand. The common name of most of the NZ regions seems to be the name of the region without the word "Region". This was a recent discussion that applied to this article, where it was argued by some that "West Coast (region)" is inappropriately ambiguous. Given Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#Disambiguation and WP:NATURAL, I believe that the proposed name is probably the best in this case. This was the name of the article until 2009, when the article was moved to its current form as part of an effort to standardise the names of the regions, an effort which I think was not a good idea given the different issues surrounding the region names. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:28, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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"To New Zealanders the term "The Coast" invariably refers to the West Coast of the South Island, and "Coasters" to those that live there"
~ really? i lived in Christchurch for 22 years & never heard anyone refer to it as "The Coast" or "Coasters". Maybe West Coasters refer to themselves like that, but not other New Zealanders.
--- Yeah I agree, I have lived in new zealand for 19 years and I have never once heard anyone from the west coast being referred to as a "coaster".
Kotare 22:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
--- I assure you people on the West Coast refer to themselves as "Coasters".
plqgnmv
--- I have added three links, two of them semi-official, which use the term "Coasters". I therefore removed the "citation needed" tag. Hope that is okay. Jenser 20:16, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I removed Milford Sound as one of the West Coast's tourist attractions. Yes, it is on the West Coast of the South Island, but it is usually regarded as being in Southland, not in the region known as the West Coast. Grutness 11:12, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I've laos removed this, since I don't know that's it's of much relevance, but I'll leave it here in case anyone wants it back:
In need of an "Economy" section I think. Probably worth looking for suitable templates from the entries for other regions. Snori 20:59, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
I realise there is a specific district on the Coast known as Westland, but I and many other Kiwis I know often tend to refer to the entire West Coast (Buller, Grey, and Westland Districts) as simply Westland. I have books that employ this usage, and the Wikipedia article itself even uses it once in the History section: "Westland was only occasionally visited by early Europeans". I once made a note in the article's introduction stating the region is sometimes called Westland, but it has been edited out. I think it should be re-instated. Thoughts? - Axver 04:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
I reverted the inclusion of this external link because the site appears to be commercial - the photos are for sale. Kahuroa ( talk) 05:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Northland Region which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 22:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Ixfd64 ( talk) 21:02, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
West Coast Region → West Coast, New Zealand – This is one of a series of ongoing discussions about the names of the regions of New Zealand. The common name of most of the NZ regions seems to be the name of the region without the word "Region". This was a recent discussion that applied to this article, where it was argued by some that "West Coast (region)" is inappropriately ambiguous. Given Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#Disambiguation and WP:NATURAL, I believe that the proposed name is probably the best in this case. This was the name of the article until 2009, when the article was moved to its current form as part of an effort to standardise the names of the regions, an effort which I think was not a good idea given the different issues surrounding the region names. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:28, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Otago which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 00:47, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Otago which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 15:06, 19 March 2022 (UTC)