Community hopes to save historic West Coast school (March 8, 2020)
A historic school on the West Coast is in desperate need of a new roof before winter hits. Friends of Waiuta chairwoman Margaret Sadler said winter would take its toll on the 106-year-old Blackwater School, near Reefton. “When I was there I noticed that The window sill had [already] rotted through and the rot had got into the lining boards inside,” she said. Read More…