New Zealand - West Coast - Westport North School - 1981 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Westport - A town in the West Coast region - On the northern bank and at the mouth of the Buller River - Close by the prominent headland of Cape Foulwind - The town is thought to have been named after Westport, County Mayo in Ireland - The choice of name was no doubt also guided by the town's location - The population of the Westport urban area was 4,035 in the 2013 census