The Westport News team: Front from left: Debbie Daniels, Ellen Curnow, Ray Curnow. Back from left: Raquel Joseph, Brett Evans, JoAnne Lavery, Lee Scanlon, Robyn Callaghan, Vanessa Neighbours, Sharna Johnson, Ellen Herbert. Absent: Jan Berry, KerriAnne Fussell, Kevin Vuglar. Photo: SHEREE CARGILL PHOTOGRAPHY
The Westport News has just turned 150. It is believed to be the oldest independently-owned paper in New Zealand and was set up in November 1873 by politician Eugene O’Connor.
Lee talks to Kathryn about the company behind the West Coast’s new heavy mineral sands industry which says it’s a world class resource with the potential to create about 300 jobs.
And the Buller District Council is trying to pull back a potential rate rise of over 30 percent.
