Development West Coast

Development West Coast DWC is the economic development agency for the West Coast region of the South Island. Reach out to us if you are seeking advice, support, or training.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌMBD Contracting is a pro...
09/09/2026

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ

MBD Contracting is a proudly West Coast owned civil construction company, delivering infrastructure, quarrying, roading and earthworks projects throughout the region. Their success is built on strong relationships, practical solutions and a genuine commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement.

At MBD, people are the greatest asset. They are committed to creating a safe, supportive and rewarding workplace where employees are valued, empowered and given real opportunities to grow. Through strong leadership, a positive culture and a focus on wellbeing, they've built a high-performing team that drives their ongoing success.

MBD Contracting knows that culture and people are fundamental to a business' success, which is why they're proud to sponsor the People First Award. This award recognises an employer or management team whose innovative leadership, safe and supportive workplace, and exceptional people practices and culture have contributed to outstanding business success.

More than 3,000 people have now signed the Open Letter supporting the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project.Our Buller Fu...
08/09/2026

More than 3,000 people have now signed the Open Letter supporting the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project.

Our Buller Future co-organiser Jessie Creedmore spoke with Heather du Plessis-Allan on Newstalk ZB Drive about the strong response from the local community who want their voices heard on Stocktonโ€™s future.

Buller residents are rallying behind the districtโ€™s biggest employer - Bathurst Resources.

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ!...
08/09/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ!

The Leading Light Awards celebrate what's driving the West Coast business community forward right now. From small businesses and emerging entrepreneurs to established industry leaders, these awards recognise those making a real difference to the region and helping shape the future of the West Coast.

A big thank you to every business that entered this year.

๐Ÿ† ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐š ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

๐Ÿ‘ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ:

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž
Franz Josef Wilderness Tours
Unichem Olsens Pharmacy
Westland Medical Centre

๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž
Franz Josef Wildlife Centre
Reefton Distilling Co.
Westland Greenstone

๐๐™๐Œ๐„ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž
Franz Mechanical & Engineering
Host'd
SkinScreen West Coast

๐Œ๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐
Franz Josef Wilderness Tours
Host'd
Westland Medical Centre

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐
Franz Josef Wildlife Centre
ลŒkฤrito Sandfly Repellent
Reefton Distilling Co.

๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐
Host'd
SkinScreen West Coast
Te Aka Treehouse

02/09/2026

Heath Milne spoke with John Campbell on RNZ Morning Report last week about Stockton Mineโ€™s economic and social importance to Buller and the wider West Coast, drawing on independent analysis by Infometrics.

Read the full Infometrics report:
https://westcoast.co.nz/news/independent-report-highlights-potential-impacts-of-stockton-mine-closure/

A group of Buller residents has also launched an open letter supporting the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project. The letter, along with an option to sign it, is available at:
https://ourbullerfuture.nz/

An open letter supporting the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project has been launched by a group of Buller residents.The ...
02/09/2026

An open letter supporting the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project has been launched by a group of Buller residents.

The open letter, along with an option to sign it, is available at ourbullerfuture.nz

An open letter from Buller and West Coast residents, businesses and supporters in support of the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project.

01/09/2026

๐—ง๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎฬ„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚ โ€˜๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฑ-๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€
Living with wildlife, carbon research, and new ways to fund conservation, join us for this year's 'TED Type' Talks as we shine a light on Te Wฤhipounamu - a living world heritage sanctuary.

Six great speakers, one inspiring topic.

Wednesday 9 September
Alpine Cinema, Franz Josef
5.30pm nibbles, 6.30pm talks begin

https://westcoast.co.nz/events/te-w%C4%81hipounamu-ted-type-talks/

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Four Square Franz Josef, Glacier Country, Scenic Hotel Group, HeliServices.NZ, Department of Conservation Rainforest Retreat Franz Josef

๐——๐—ช๐—– ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€Heath Milne spoke to RNZ about 25 years of DWC and our new $5M investment package for the region.
01/09/2026

๐——๐—ช๐—– ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€
Heath Milne spoke to RNZ about 25 years of DWC and our new $5M investment package for the region.

The fund is now worth $146.5 million and is used to distribute money to support business and community.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ›๏ธ A great turnout in Greymouth tonight for our West Coast mining industry event, ...
31/08/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ›๏ธ
A great turnout in Greymouth tonight for our West Coast mining industry event, hosted with MSD. Thanks to everyone who came along to explore the opportunities on offer, and to the businesses and training providers who took part.

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Snowy River Gold Mine, Rua Gold - Reefton Operations, New Zealand Mine Rescue Service, WMS Group, Terra Firma Mining Ltd, Tai Poutini Polytechnic

There are understandably strong views on the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project, but any decision needs to consider th...
28/08/2026

There are understandably strong views on the Buller Plateaux Continuation Project, but any decision needs to consider the full economic, social and environmental picture.

Bathurst Resources has lodged a fast track application to expand operations at the Stockton mine.

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