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Punakaiki Dolomite Point project partnership

Edit Public Technologies 14 Sep 2017
Robert Dickson, Buller Operations Manager says that the Punakaiki Dolomite Point Project is one of the projects that is being progressed as part of the West Coast Economic Development Action Plan ... experience and attractions at Punakaiki' ... Original documenthttp.//www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2017/punakaiki-dolomite-point-project-partnership/....

What it's like living without a cellphone signal

Edit Stuff 14 Sep 2017
Elle Armon-Jones has 60 international film crew making a TV series on her property just 35 kilometres from Auckland. None of them can use their cellphones. Her property and conference centre, Vineyard Cottages, in the Waikoukou Valley, near Kumeu, sits in a mobile blackspot ... It's hopeless." ... In Punakaiki, the owner of the local tavern, Lorraine Ryder, is irate ... "Punakaiki is supposed to be the jewel in the crown of the West Coast....

Developer teams up with Te Papa to protect penguins of Shelly Bay

Edit Stuff 14 Sep 2017
If the Shelly Bay development goes ahead there could be restrictions on cats and dogs in a bid to protect resident little blue penguins ... READ MORE.. * New road in $500m development threatens little blue penguins' home. * Little blue penguins take to special underpass ... Ad Feedback ... ​ ... The approach had failed in Punakaiki, the report says, where the entire penguin population was wiped out by uncontrolled dogs ... ​.  - Stuff ....

Westport fire brigade has back-up plan should town run dry as residents meet about water crisis

Edit Stuff 13 Sep 2017
The Westport fire brigade can handle any emergency fires should the town's water reservoirs run dry, the fire chief says. Last week Buller District Council urged Westport and Carters Beach residents to comply with "essential use only" water restrictions ... READ MORE. ... The brigade covered a region that stretched as far south as Punakaiki, north to near Waimangaroa and east to the Buller Gorge ... Ad Feedback ...  - Stuff ....

West Coast conservation groups share ideas in effort to restore birds' dawn chorus

Edit Stuff 01 Sep 2017
The Westland petrels' breeding location was confined to an 8-kilometre stretch of coastal forest in the foothills of the Paparoa Range near Punakaiki ... Conservation groups such as the Paparoa Wildlife Trust, Conservation Volunteers NZ, the Penguin Trust Punakaiki Pest Free and the Westland Petrel Conservation Trust carried out a mapping exercise last ......

SH6 at Meybille Bay Closed 7-8 September

Edit Scoop 29 Aug 2017
The NZ Transport Agency is closing State Highway 6 at Meybille Bay north of Punakaiki next week, from Thursday morning to Friday afternoon, 7-8 September, for geotechnical investigations. “We are working towards a more permanent solution for the slip ... ....

365 activities in 365 days: one couple's mind-blowing tour of New Zealand

Edit Stuff 22 Aug 2017
Robin Gayraud and Laura Symonds. A couple spent 365 days doing 365 activities across New Zealand. Here are just a few. In terms of travel goals, theirs was pretty epic. Take a year-long road trip around New Zealand and do one thing every day that scared them ... Their aim ... READ MORE.. * Kiwis' lives as full-time travellers ... * Expat Tales ... the Oparara Arches, the Punakaiki caves and the often forgotten Tai Poutini National Park in Haast."....

Small West Coast slip closes highway

Edit Stuff 19 Aug 2017
A slip on the West Coast of the South Island has closed the state highway near Punakaiki ... Bay just north of Punakaiki....

World Famous in New Zealand: Underworld Rafting, Charleston

Edit Stuff 12 Aug 2017
WHERE/WHAT IS IT?. South of Westport, Charleston was big in the gold rush days but now there's another sort of gold inside those mountains ... There you'll scramble through a darkness lit only by headlamps and glowworms past looming limestone formations ... READ MORE. * World Famous in NZ. Shotover Jet, Queenstown. * World famous in NZ ... WHY GO? ... Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki are a must-do — if it's wet and windy, there's even better blowhole action....

Waiheke Island house turns heads to win Master Builders awards

Edit Stuff 05 Aug 2017
A beautiful setting, great design and fine craftsmanship are all to the fore in the winning new home in the Auckland region's Registered Master Builder Awards. The house, on Waiheke Island, was built by Pitch Construction ... The company was also awarded the Outdoor Living Award for the same property ... READ MORE. * Punakaiki bach in the bush wows. * Queenstown and East Coast Master Builders awards. * Waikato and Timaru Master Builders awards....

Before and after photos highlight ADNZ award-winning bach renovation

Edit Stuff 04 Aug 2017
We can all get nostalgic about endless summer holidays at the beach, staying in our own or, more likely, a "borrowed" bach. This Kapiti Coast bach was typical of the simple, 20th-century baches and cribs that went up all around the country. And, yes it was ripe for renovation ... Resene Architectural Design Awards ... * Punakaiki bach in the bush wows judges ... ....

Punakaiki Fund targets mid-2019 listing

Edit Scoop 02 Aug 2017
Aug. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Punakaiki Fund, the long-term investor in high-growth local firms set up by Lance Wiggs, wants to go public in the middle of 2019 with at least $100 million of assets and will put a plan in front of shareholders at next year's ... ....

Wood craftsmen put a little of themselves into every piece

Edit Stuff 01 Aug 2017
Wood feels right. It looks right. Quality wooden furniture connects us with nature in our homes at a deep level. The craftsmen who make the furniture fill many different niches but the best ones understand this special gift wood brings to homes and their role in making it happen ... READ MORE. ... ANDREW DAVIES ... The Odyssey collection tables have stylised metal stands inspired by the pancake rocks at Punakaiki and rocks at Fox Glacier....
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