• A West Coast couple have been given two weeks to pay back nearly $90,000 they owe to their local council.

Christine and Doug Banks owe legal costs after losing court action against the Grey District Council that ended in the Supreme Court.

The couple own a house in Blaketown, Greymouth, which sits on council land. The council took the pair to the High Court after they refused to pay rent increases.

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Doug and Christine Banks owe the Grey District Council nearly $90,000, which they’ve been asked to pay within two weeks or be declared bankrupt.