“ The Wikisource West Coast Task Force was started by Westland District Library in Hokitika in early 2021 as part of the NZLPP programme, and in 2022 was supported by Grey District Library and by a grant from the Mātātuhi Foundation; we're seeking funding to continue/expand the project, not yet considered a donations button but maybe should! Completed books are added to Portal:New Zealand, and released them as borrowable EPUBs from South Island member libraries via OverDrive, soon hopefully all NZ public libraries. ”

“ Useful sources when hunting for West Coast books:
Dawber, Carol. (2012) . "Voices of the West Coast: An investigation into the development of a distinctive West Coast character in New Zealand fiction." PhD Thesis: University of Canterbury. Includes a chronological list of everything fictional published on or about the West Coast, lots of candidates here. Richardson, Len. (2020) . People and Place: the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island in history and literature. ”

“ New Zealand copyrights expire 50 years after death (although we will be changing to match the US term in a few years) . This means there are public domain works in New Zealand that can't be hosted in Wikisource – here is a list of recent and upcoming authors affected by this.
For PDF release Down the decades: a history of the Greymouth Anglican parish. (1997) . Greymouth: Greymouth Anglican Parish. Contains numerous in-copyright photos so not a candidate for Wikisource, but could be made available on the Grey District Library website. ”