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• Taste The West Coast At Trenz

  THOSE attending the TRENZ tourism expo in Christchurch were treated to a vibrant taste of the West Coast on the final night on May 11.

• Reefton Gets Crafty

  About 100 crafters from all over the West Coast turned up to the Reefton Craft Groups annual West Coast Open Wool Day held at the Reefton Workingmen's Club on May 16.

• West Coast Leading On Conservation Front

  WE are almost halfway through 2023 already, and yet it seems to have shot by in the blink of an eye. A week may be a long time in politics, but time has blazed on.

• Farewell To The Robertsons Of Waimangaroa

  Stalwarts of the Waimangaroa community, Frank Robertson, 98, and his wife Cath, 97, are on the move.

• Entries Called For Film Festival Film

  The Top of the South Film Festival is welcoming short film submissions from locals and New Zealand film-makers to its ninth annual festival, held in Blenheim and Nelson in October and November.

• Gold Star On The Coast Road

  Breakers Boutique Accommodation at picturesque Nine Mile on the Coast Road are proud to have retained their Boutique and Lodge 4 Star-Plus Gold Sustainable Business Tourism Award rating.

• 'Doin' It The West Coast Way' - Reefton Style

  The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZNCA) is set to take Reefton by storm when its 67th annual national rally sets up at the racecourse in February 2024.

• Art Lessons At The Pub

  The Sergeants Hill Hall Committee came up with a unique way to raise funds for its proposed hall upgrade.

• Coast Calendar

  MAY 25 NZ Army Band, NBS Theatre, Westport, 7pm. 26 NZ Army Band, Regent Theatre, Greymouth, 7pm. 27 Burlesque workshop 4pm, Burlesque show 9pm, DJ Miss Implicit 11pm, Hotel Lake Brunner. 28 Greymouth Sunday Market, Civic Centre, 10am. 28 Digger Hartigan 45s pairs, Westport RSA, 1pm.

• Made To Westport Airport Fencing

  AREAS of fencing bordering Westport Airport and Carters Beach have been upgraded to improve safety.

Featured documents

• My company has made a loss this year. What happens to this for tax purposes?

  If a company makes a loss, the loss is carried forward to be offset against the future profits of the company, subject to two tests. The first test is the company must maintain shareholder continuity of 49%, which means if over half of the shareholding of your company changes you breach this test....

• Coast Calendar

  OCTOBER 22 Booze and Craic, A night of Scottish and Irish comedy, Old Lodge, Hokitika, 7.30pm 23 Booze and Craic, A night of Scottish and Irish comedy, Regent Theatre, Greymouth, 7.30pm 23 Labour Weekend Market and Band, Town Square, Greymouth, from midday to 4pm 23 Shakey Ground, Blackball's Inn & ...

• Planning your new home

  Light, warm, unique and very functional - this new four-bedroom home at Blue Spur near Hokitika promises to provide an ideal place to relax, work and play. Peter Blight, a Hokitika builder and owner of Stonewood Homes West Coast, says 15 to 20 homes are under construction from Hokitika to Haast so...

• Westland council presents plan for 'water reform that works'

  Mayors and CEs representing the 32 member councils of Communities 4 Local Democracy (C4LD) have presented politicians with their plan for three waters reform that could gain wide support....

• Greymouth, Hokitika award winners

  Robyn Mare of Greymouth was named the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Manager of the Year at the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Industry Awards dinner held in Shantytown last Thursday....

• Woman in the trades

  Westport's Kyra Morgan never intended to become a 'tradie.' But when the active and adventurous 26-year-old stumbled upon an Instagram post from a female builder based in Queenstown, her fate was sealed....

• Woman in the trades

  Westport's Kyra Morgan never intended to become a 'tradie.' But when the active and adventurous 26-year-old stumbled upon an Instagram post from a female builder based in Queenstown, her fate was sealed....

• Greymouth, Hokitika award winners

  Robyn Mare of Greymouth was named the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Manager of the Year at the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Industry Awards dinner held in Shantytown last Thursday....

• I'm stuck with a mould problem!

  If mould is rampant at your place, take the precautionary steps above to prevent the problem from getting worse and then get ready to clean. There are some moulds that you will never be able to remove once they have taken hold of a fabric or painted wooden surface, but it's always worth a try....

• West Coast Farm Features On New Butter Packaging

  West Coast farmer Graeme McNabb is delighted that images of their farm are a feature of Westgold's new packaging which is designed to catch the eye of consumers around the world. The Westland Milk Products supplier says it was exciting to get the call from Westgold staff recently to say the...