Stories by Brendon McMahon

The West Coast Regional Council is again investigating dead eels below the Arnold River power scheme.

The Wairoa incident - the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's role in not opening a river mouth - is under the spotlight and was front of mind during a recent meeting.

It will be one of the biggest rises compared to other councils around the country.

A man who allegedly targeted West Coast iwi and council leaders with racist and "nuisance" emails has been visited by police.

The matter is now being monitored by police who say they are taking the issue seriously.

A hearing will resume in Greymouth Tuesday on how land-use and mining will evolve under the West Coast's proposed new district plan.

The Office of the Auditor General has advised the council it needs to better reflect climate change in the way it manages its protection assets.

A forensic examination begun in mid-2022 at West Coast Regional Council is continuing after it refused to pay a $90,000 bill from the Westland District Council.

Nearly three years after a devastating flood displaced hundreds of residents, they have been told a solution is near.

Delays in the decommissioning of dangerous rock quarry near Greymouth have raised the ire of a West Coast regional councillor.

Waiho Flat landowners have expressed angst and frustration as they watch their devalued land "going down the river" despite a West Coast Regional Council promise four years ago they would be…

Poutini Ngāi Tahu has defended Māori sites of significance after the Grey District called for them to be cut from the West Coast's proposed one district plan.

It follows an earlier rejection of an Australian mining company's proposal to mine mineral sands from Barrytown Flats north of Greymouth.

The Fast Tracks Approvals Bill has been given a big tick by the West Coast Regional Council, saying it will lead to more jobs, and despite what others say, has environmental safeguards in it.

There are still big gaps in the knowledge about the number of contaminated and environmentally hazardous sites on the West Coast.

An increase in West Coast Regional Council staff numbers to almost 80 has been called out by a senior councillor.

West Coast ratepayers face targeted rates well above the 27 percent or 44 percent general rates increase proposed by the regional council - particularly in Westport.

West Coast ratepayers face an either 27 percent or 44 percent rates hike after increases were "held artificially low for too long".

West Coast councillors are not happy after their own expert consultant expressed a view there was "no need" for a controversial sand mine proposal.

Ikamatua landowners ordered to remove pest pampas grass by the West Coast Regional Council are upset at a "bolshie approach".

Concern over lack of subsidised public transport on the West Coast.

Local communities will have a say on speed limits as the government scraps the "road to zero" safety campaign.

The regional council says West Coast whitebaiters owe it more than $40,000 in unpaid fees.

A meat processing plant is being investigated after the company admitted making up water monitoring reports.

Some landowners were recently caught by surprise when the proposed West Coast district 'one' plan deemed sections of land as Outstanding Natural Landscape.