West Coast

The West Coast Regional Council intends to add automatic rain monitoring equipment on the Wanganui River near Hari Hari after a series of damaging floods.

A number of businesses in Greymouth have been damaged after a tornado tore through the West Coast town on Monday night.

South Westland farmers are counting the cost after a flooded Wanganui River sent a deluge through their land for the second time in a fortnight.

A $10,000 prize offered for a record finish in an ultra marathon was not sexist, an organiser says, despite online criticism that led to the prize being altered. Audio

West Coast Regional Council hired a helicopter to check the forest slash following a cloudburst in December.

A gold dredge that has been idle for a decade could be the downfall of a longtime West Coast Regional Council chairman, but he's still proud of the massive machinery.

An under-siege West Coast Regional Council chairman says he will not budge and intends to see out the process signed off by all six of his councillors to unseat him.

Fears a lifeline to South Westland communities could be cut off by the Wanganui River have been dismissed by Waka Kotahi.

The West Coast Regional Council is taking formal steps to remove Allan Birchfield as chairman.

Households spend less than 25 percent of their income on mortgage repayments in the West Coast, making the region attractive to those wanting to return from overseas.

West Coast drivers are being called on to stay off the roads due to heavy rain and flooding, and a slip has shut State Highway 73, a key West Coast to Canterbury route. Audio

The new images were obtained from the latest boreholes, as part of the ongoing investigation into the tragedy.

Severe thunderstorms, hail and the chance of a small tornado are forecast to hit the West Coast later on Wednesday.

The local council said it was disappointed by the hotel group's comments given the upcoming court case.

Calm heads rather than "wild accusations" are needed for essential Franz Josef stopbank work to proceed, the Scenic Circle Hotel Group says.

A man who removed a whale fossil from a West Coast riverbank has apologised for his actions, but the exact fate of the treasured taonga remains unknown.

The West Coast Regional Council is keeping an eye on 'seepage' of the floodwalls around Franz Josef Glacier village.

A $30 million claim against West Coast Regional Council by a hotel, after its former Franz Josef site was flooded, puts the entire community on the line, council chief executive Heather Mabin claims.

A Jobs for Nature project is transforming what has been a weed-infested wasteland alongside the Hokitika River.