West Coast

It's the same name, but new spelling for the West Coast tourism spot as the New Zealand Geographic Board proposes to correct a more than century-old typo.

There are 56 nesting pairs of kōtuku or white heron at Aotearoa's only breeding spot for the birds on the West Coast this year. Audio

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.

Production on the film, which will be directed by Rob Sarkies, has started in Māwhera Greymouth.

The Gloriavale religious community has been told by WorkSafe to make its workplaces safer.

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.

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.

Its new chief executive says the council cannot finalise its annual report until a forensic audit of its Project Management Office is completed.

Tai Rāwhiti chalked up the highest participation rate in the country for the third year running during this year's annual earthquake and tsunami drill.

The council is to commission a forensic audit following "serious allegations of mismanagement of funds".

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

A local council is commissioning a forensic audit following "serious allegations of mismanagement of funds".

A mould problem that could take weeks to fix has temporarily closed Greymouth police station to the public.

A slip has trapped a KiwiRail coal train in the West Coast's Buller Gorge.

A small West Coast town is looking forward to the long-awaited reopening of the South Island's Heaphy Track. Audio

West Coast Regional Council can move forward with preliminary flood protection design work for Westport.