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Ride the bar

Local Tim O’Donnell turns the power of the infamous Westport Bar in his favour on a foiling surfboard. Born at...

Travel & Adventure

Ride the rapids

Kayakers take on the rapids on the Hokitika River, expertly guiding their inflatable pack-rafts downstream between the rocks. The art...

Geography

Fly over Okarito

The Okarito Lagoon is the largest unmodified coastal wetland in New Zealand. It stretches over some 3240 hectares along the...

Society

Go green

Suzanne Hills and Chris Cromey live in a ‘tiny house’, on wheels and off grid south of Punkaiki. In the...

Society

Mine the river

Paul works on a front end loader to clear off the overburden and get to the gold-bearing quartz and greywacke...

Geography

Fly over the drowned forest

Lake Brunner/Kōtukuwhakaoka is the largest lake in the West Coast region, but also one of the hardest to get to....

Living World

Feather the nest

Waitangiroto Nature Reserve is the only nesting area for kotuku in New Zealand. Some 140 birds breed in New Zealand,...

Travel & Adventure

Paddle the gorge

The Hokitika Gorge is one of the highlights of any visit to The Coast. Glacier ‘flour’—the fine powder that is...

Living World

Get a glow on

Glow worms love damp, dark conditions with little wind, like here the Ananui/Metro cave system, perhaps the largest colony of...

Living World

Frolick with fur seals

New Zealand fur seals splash through tidal pools at Cape Foulwind, near Westport. Female fur seals live in the same...
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