Stories by Brendon McMahon

The sinking of the ex-fishing trawler Grace on Monday and any associated risk of fuel spill was not notified to the West Coast Regional Council on Tuesday. The fishing boat...

West Coast leaders say planned flood protection schemes at Westport and Franz Josef will not lose out, despite the government reprioritising spending in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle in the...

West Coast Regional Council staff will have renewed clout in dealing with anyone who removes rock from floodwalls.

A year after the February storm hammered the middle section of the track, washing away bridges and damaging the track surface, the Department of Conservation is on course to have the track open again.

Investments, the draft annual report and the status of 'shovel ready' projects were among the topics on the agenda of the West Coast Regional Council's meeting this week.

The West Coast Regional Council says it is aware of 'seepage" from a stopbank at Franz Josef.

Fears are being raised about continued tenure of some family baches on conservation land.

The Grey District Council has been assured the proximity of a dump, taking asbestos and toxic material to the Greymouth water treatment plant, poses little risk.

Greymouth's Mayor Tania Gibson says the thought of toxic waste being dumped just above the town's drinking water source "keeps me awake at night".

More deliberately lit beach fires kept Greymouth firefighters busy again yesterday and last night - the Volunteer Fire Brigade has now fielded 29 calls over 27 days this month.

The Department of Conservation is looking at the decline of 'old growth' kelp beds along the Coast Road and the effects of the marine heatwave on its five marine reserves on the West Coast.

Extraordinarily warm weather and no real rain is creating conditions for algal blooms in West Coast waterways.

Exhausted and frustrated Greymouth firefighters are praying for respite after more deliberately lit fires in the town last night kept them from their beds for several hours.

A prominent 16ha block bordering the seaside settlement of Rapahoe and State Highway 6 could be subdivided into lifestyle-size residential blocks.

Repeated marine heatwaves have seen most 'old growth' kelp beds along the Coast Road between Greymouth and Westport disappear or dwindle in the past 20 years.

The authority for police to drill further new bore holes inside Paparoa National Park, for the continuing investigation into the Pike River Mine disaster, has been delegated to the Department of…

The West Coast Regional Council has given "partial support" to some of the government's proposals - but has concerns.

Relief is in sight for a number of West Coast property owners who found their land had been mistakenly captured in mapping errors for sites of significance to Māori in the proposed Te Tai o Poutini…

The fossil hunters who hacked out a treasured 23 million-year-old whale fossil near Karamea should be "strung and quartered", a West Coast regional councillor says.

A stunning new visitor experience highlighting the beauty of Fox Glacier and representing the Ngāi Tahu creation story has been opened.

A delay to the West Coast Regional Council's 2022 annual report audit has been flagged amid concerns councillors may have to adopt it under duress.

The West Coast Regional Council has spent over $370,000 on "specialised improvements" to a 1080 factory building it owns on the outskirts of Christchurch.

Work is soon to be begin above ground for a new $26 million visitor centre on the West Coast.

The government is "very supportive" of the West Coast council using its $22 million funding for flood protection projects.

Storm-damaged infrastructure often involves a multi-agency approach, the West Coast Regional Council says.