Stories by Brendon McMahon

Poutini Ngāi Tahu have argued that cultural values in the proposed Te Tai o Poutini plan should be explicitly expressed, citing concerns that freedom camping rules will impact traditional Māori…

Westport's flooding disaster "could have been avoided" if funds had been available sooner to reduce the risk.

Evacuation plans for residents and visitors along the Waiho (Waiau) River at Franz Josef have been questioned by the Mayor of Westland.

The remote region is facing some major decisions in keeping the lights on and electricty affordable.

Allan Birchfield says he is still fit to sit at the council table. In June he was charged with assaulting his brother with a weapon - a motor vehicle - but the charge has been dropped.

The West Coast as a region may not be growing significantly but its population is changing.

The troubled Taylorville Resource Park site remains under the shadow of an investigation, although WorkSafe has returned the site to the operator - under notice.

A fresh call by the Ombudsman for council workshops to be open to the public by default has received a cautious response on the West Coast.

上级议会责令当地地方议会进行处理，但工程验收时发现完全不合规；受限于河道疏通工作进展缓慢，管理方无法进行周边绿化工作。

The West Coast Regional Council says an external review into the first instalment of rates bills has found that about half of them were incorrectly charged.

An artificial lake that has flooded Ross Chinese Memorial Gardens has been fixed, according to one council - but another disagrees.

A "heinous" imposition of new rules has prompted fear they will push West Coast landowners to cut down trees to avoid the implications.

West Coast Regional Council staff have been directed to take action on a debt problem, including outstanding rates.

Tensions boiled over between West Coast regional councillors today, when censured former chairperson Allan Birchfield tried to stay for a committee meeting.

The West Coast Regional Council is scrambling to understand how it sent out wrongly calculated rates bills.

The West Coast Regional Council has been left with egg on its face in a "potential error" over the way its rates bills have been calculated.

The rapid retreat of Franz Josef Glacier and the subsequent "huge" volume of riverbed material crawling down the Waiho Valley is a growing problem for the area.

Residents are demanding "accountability" over the Taylorville Resource Park landfill near Greymouth and its foul smell and "wall of gravel".

Whether or not a private landfill should get more time to fix ongoing smell problems has been complicated by a WorkSafe shutdown and investigation, and advice is being sought, a West Coast council…

Some households face an increase of 100 percent thanks to additional council levies.

In the past 30 years, 200 glaciers in the Southern Alps have disappeared due to the "shocking" rise in ocean temperatures, a scientist says.

Smaller councils are facing bigger audit costs and more difficulties after the government introduced new requirements, a West Coast council boss says.

Councils need to rethink the way they manage waterways to reduce the risk of devastating floods, Forest & Bird is warning.

A plan for creating memorial features at or near the Pike River site is being "scaled" due to cost increases, reports to a community board show.

Future options for the Hokitika Gorge swingbridge remain open with the Department of Conservation (DOC).