Media Coverage
Recent National and International tourism media coverage for the West Coast:
July 2025
- New campaign turns up the heat on West Coast winter travel (Inside Tourism)
- West Coast’s ‘wild, hot and steamy’ campaign (Tourism Ticker)
- Dog sniffs out protected birds in rough West Coast terrain (RNZ)
- The golden Labrador retriever who found a new whio population (The Press)
- New $1.6m bridge on cycle trail (The Press)
- New West Coast whio (blue duck) population found by Paparoa Wildlife Trust dog Tui (NZHerald)
- Reefton v rap royalty: The showdown no one saw coming (Stuff)
- NZ’s Reefton distillery wins global gin award, beating Snoop Dogg (NZHerald)
- West Coast distillery beats Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre on international stage (Inside Tourism)
- Endangered little spotted kiwi seen on mainland for first time in decades (TVNZ Breakfast)
- Reefton vs Rap Royalty (Three News)
- Hokitika's Alchemy & Storm goes omnivorous (The Press)
June 2025
- Daughters of the wild - women hunters get together (The Press)
- West Coast - A New Zealand Food Story (TVNZ)
- Information Cold Call - Westport (RNZ Afternoons)
- Move south (The Press)
- Celebrating the stories of legendary West Coasters (RNZ Afternoons)
- New Westland heritage-based "Legendary Coasters" app (RNZ)
- Remote and accessible: cycling New Zealand’s West Coast Wilderness Trail (The Guardian)