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Development West Coast (DWC), in collaboration with the Mayor Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) and the Grey and Buller District Councils, hosted West Coast Employment Expos in Westport and Greymouth this week.

Economic activity on the West Coast rose 0.3% in the year to March 2024, slightly ahead of national growth of 0.2%, according to Infometrics provisional GDP estimates.

West Coast-based Reefton Distilling Co. has become the first New Zealand whisky distillery and first West Coast business to achieve Bcorp certification.

Development West Coast led a delegation of West Coast tourism operators to New Zealand’s biggest travel trade event, TRENZ, held in Wellington.

A partnership involving the Paparoa Wildlife Trust, Motukiekie Wilderness Trust and the Rainy Creek Ecological Trust continues to protect native wildlife in the Grey District.

Reefton has been received a big plug on American television on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert thanks to guest, New Zealander Phil Keoghan.