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The West Coast conundrum

Friday, May 5th, 2017

Featured on Sunday last week, the West Coast is facing a hard decision about its future. A proposed mine could provide hundreds of desperately needed jobs to the region. However, the potential environmental impacts of doing so are great.

Is it time to focus away from the mining industry and into other avenues. Initiatives such as our friends at EPIC Westport are helping to provide a new direction for the communities and open more doors to jobs. But is it enough?

Watch the full segment here from TVNZ here.