REAL NZ West Coast Whitebait Festival
Help the West Coast Region celebrate Rugby World Cup 2011 with Whitebait, Wild foods, and World Class Scenery during our West Coast Whitebait Festival!
West Coast Whitebait Festival
The West Coast region is proud to be a part of the nationwide REAL New Zealand Festival supporting Rugby World Cup 2011.
Famous for our whitebait and wildfoods the West Coast of the Southern Alps, Karamea to Haast, will be bringing you a West Coast Whitebait festival throughout the 6 weeks that the RWC 2011 and NZ festival will be held.
With stunning, world class scenery and warm local hospitality, this is a great opportunity to visit the West Coast during our whitebait season.
New Zealand whitebait is a delicacy (make sure you try the famous New Zealand whitebait pattie), so with the season coinciding with the Rugby World Cup 2011 and a range of events and activities on offer up and down the Coast, a visit to this beautiful region has to be high on your list!
Festival features (so far!):
- Whitebait season!
- The West Coast Whitebait Menu Challenge
- Whitebait Menu Challenge Cook Off Dates and Locations
- Photography competition (click here for competition and entry details)
- Hokitika Museum Exhibition - WHITEBAIT! The Story of New Zealand's Favourite Fish
- Glacier Country Rugby Video Competition - Win a trip to the West Coast during Rugby World Cup 2011!
- Greymouth Motorcycle Street Races
- Whitebait Shooters Challenge
- Artful Eyes Exhibition
- Whitebaiters Never Lie Exhibition
- Artful Eye Exhibition, Left Bank Gallery
- Word Goes Out - The Whitebait are Running! Exhibition
- West Coast themed community initiatives
- Whitebait whispers - Use a password to unlock the West Coast Culture. Meet the locals and share the fun.
Click the following link to view the
 | West Coast Whitebait Festival Guide Adobe Acrobat Document: 2.47 MB, 6.1 minutes @ 56kbps |
More details on the festival programme will be released as they are confirmed.
For further information on the wider NZ 2011 Festival please click here otherwise we will be updating this page as more information becomes available.
For businesses who want to maximse their opportunities from the 85,000 Rugby visitor during Rugby World Cup 2011 click the following link to ensure that you are MATCH READY.
Want to try fishing for whitebait yourself?
For more information on fishing on the West Coast click here
View the results from the West Coast Whitebait Festival Email Survey here
| Email survey results Adobe Acrobat Document: 346 KB, 51 seconds @ 56kbps |
