West Coast

'Gutted': Barrytown Flats residents on mining decision

The decision to let a mineral mine go ahead on the Barrytown Flats, just north of Greymouth, has the...

Gloriavale inquest: Man may have been victim of harmful sexual behaviour

A senior police detective has told an inquest into the death of the Gloriavale man that it is believ...

Forest and Bird, opposition critical of Govt's mining plans

The potential of scaling up existing mineral mining has been criticised by the opposition and conser...

Gloriavale inquest: Family pays tribute to son, brother in court

The final video played in the inquest into a Gloriavale man's death was a tribute to his life, compi...

Controversial Franz Josef floodwall 'may never stop leaking'

Transfer of a controversial Franz Josef flood bank into West Coast Regional Council ownership remain...

Heavy rain warnings issued for NZ's central, southern ranges

Heavy rain warnings have been issued for the ranges of central and southern New Zealand from tomorro...

Active front moves over NZ, orange rain warnings issued

Heavy rain will thrash parts of the Tasman region and the West Coast with MetService issuing orange ...

Gloriavale: Sincere Standtrue 'friendly, personable and happy' before he died

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary about a Gloriavale man on the day he was found unresponsive in th...

Greymouth slip: Road 'most likely' closed again tonight

Residents are being urged to avoid the scene of a slip in Greymouth with more rain likely to be on t...

West Coast Health proposes weekend, after hours GP via telehealth

Leaked documents show West Coast Health has proposed closing weekend urgent primary care and after-h...

Barge runs aground on beach near Westport

A Westland Mineral Sands barge has run aground near Westport overnight. WMS Group's chief of corpora...

Grounded barge near Westport: Refloating efforts underway

The barge that's been stuck on a Westport beach for almost a week is finally on the move today. The ...

'Completely absurd': The police station full of leaks and mould

Greymouth Police Station is "beyond end of life", according to a ministerial document released to 1N...