Strongest job growth in a decade
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.
Learn moreWe're recruiting - Economic Development Project Manager
DWC is looking for an economic development project manager to join the economic development team.
Learn moreWest Coast on show at TRENZ
Development West Coast led a delegation of West Coast tourism operators to New Zealand’s biggest travel trade event, TRENZ, held in Wellington.
Learn morePredator Control Partnership installs new ‘Smart Trap’
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.
Learn moreCoast lauded on American tv
Reefton has been received a big plug on American television on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert thanks to guest, New Zealander Phil Keoghan.
Learn moreKaramea Walking Tree, finalist for Tree of the Year NZ
This week sees the launch of Tree of the Year NZ 2024. The competition invites New Zealanders to select their favourite from a shortlist of six much loved trees spread across the country.
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