Photo: Lee Scanlon/Westport News.
Westport has had no Primary Response in Medical Emergencies (PRIME) service for three weeks because of staff shortages.
And the acute stabilisation unit at the Buller Health Centre closed from last Sunday afternoon until Tuesday morning.
Lee discusses what that means for the region's people.
On the rates front, Buller's potential rate rise began at around 30 percent, reduced to 19.7 percent and now looks like being 14.6 percent.
