West Coast Brewery owner calls out Government after being forced to sell up due to COVID-19 border closure
18/03/2021 Shawn Rayson says the situation for West Coast Brewery has become "untenable". Photo credit: Getty / Supplied A Canadian businessman says the New Zealand Government is failing to walk the talk on helping Kiwi companies through COVID-19, after strict border restrictions saw him barred from the country and forced him to put his South Island brewery up for sale. Shawn Rayson, 51, is selling West Coast Brewery in Westport after just two years of ownership. He says the coronavirus pandemic - and the Government's handling of it - has made running the ...