| January |
- Kumara Race Meeting - attended by thousands each year
to watch the horse's race for the Gold Nugget prize
- The Screaming Eagle Mountain Bike Race - Reefton
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| February |
- Buller
Gorge Marathon - Westport
- Coast to Coast Multi-Sport Event - competitors race
from the West Coast, over the Southern Alps, to the East Coast
of the South Island
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| March |
- Hokitika Wild Foods Festival - specialising in gourmet
bush food.
- Greymouth's Guinness Games - an annual event celebrating
the Irish descendants of the West Coast - held around St Patrick's
Day
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| April |
- Power Boat Regatta - Lake Kaniere
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| August |
- First Light Festival, Reefton - street stalls and evening
concerts to celebrate Reefton being the first town in the Southern
Hemisphere to get street lighting
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| October |
- Greymouth Motor Cycle Street Racing
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