Stories by Brendon McMahon

The West Coast Regional Council is leading the country for candidates contesting any one seat in the upcoming local body elections.

The West Coast Regional Council says it intends to keep "good faith" with ratepayers and not impose a further rates increase based on new capital valuations for the region.

Allegations emergency medical cover at Buller Health is at breaking point has been denied by Health NZ West Coast, which says the level of urgent medical support in Westport has never been higher.

Parts of a Barrytown farm are slowly being smothered by gravel brought down from creeks in the Paparoa Range.

Westport hospital facilities 100km from the nearest alternate services on the West Coast are nearly at a point where there is no emergency doctor cover and people "are going to die".

The draft Te Tai o Poutini Plan includes guidelines on what colours buildings can be painted in the main West Coast towns.

Conspiracy theorists attempted to hijack a public consultation meeting yesterday in Greymouth for the draft Te Tai o Poutini Plan (TTPP).

A rush of late nominations for the Buller ward of the West Coast Regional Council has seen 10 candidates put their hands up, but two outgoing councillors say there are challenges ahead for the area's…

An application for a proposed goldmine close to Kumara township is on hold with the West Coast Regional Council, which has asked for more information.

Local Government NZ says it is "committed" to assisting the West Coast Regional Council press the government for financial help with the Te Tai o Poutini Plan which will replace the existing three…

Some protection projects planned by West Coast Regional Council have stalled after key staff left at a crucial stage in their development.

A meeting for the Waiho (Waiau) River rating district at Franz Josef Glacier should be convened before the end of this current term of the West Coast Regional Council, a councillor says.

West Coast landowners wrongly advised they had 'sites and areas of significance to Māori' on their properties will shortly get confirmation they are not affected.

New radar gun equipment is being used by West Coast Regional Council hydrology staff to gauge floodwater levels of rivers across the region.

The West Coast Regional Council has invited Snodgrass Road residents to the meeting to hear expert advice.

Granity residents have been called to a surprise briefing after the Buller District Council commissioned a geological report on landslide risk following a heavy rainfall event in February.

The West Coast Regional Council has been criticised by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) after an audit of the 2021-31 long-term plan.

Maps marred by embarrassing technical glitches have put a dampener on the launch of the new draft combined district plan for the West Coast.

Some West Coast landowners are reeling after receiving letters informing them of new legal planning rules affecting their land - leaving the Te Tai o Poutini Plan Committee scrambling today to…

A letter circulated by a rural lobby group about the draft Te Tai o Poutini Plan has been described as "mischief making".

West Coast iwi will be opposing extension of national parks in the region through the stewardship land review process, the West Coast Regional Council has heard.

The West Coast Regional Council says it is working with urgency to address potential rockfall risk from a disused quarry near Blackball.

Air monitoring in Westport by the West Coast Regional Council is simply to gather data and there is nothing sinister behind it, staff say.

West Coast Regional Council members have called for greater clarity for landowners doing their own emergency flood works.

The assurance comes as DOC embarks on its annual 1080 pest control programme on the West Coast which is "quite large".