West Coast

Borehole drilling has resumed at Pike River Mine, as part of the investigation to determine what caused the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men.

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...

Former Gloriavale Christian School principal Faithful Pilgrim is expected to give evidence in the next phase of an Employment Court case resuming today.

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.

Several slips have been cleared off coastal roads in Coromandel after the recent devastating flooding. Audio

MetService lifts heavy rain watches across much of the country but substantial amounts of rain still fell over the West Coast of the South Island overnight.

Project Early Bird is a collaboration between Glacier Valley Eco Tours and the Department of Conservation, and launched in 2018 to remove predators from Lake Matheson near Fox Glacier.

One of the country's smallest electricity lines companies is going to court to challenge a fourfold increase in transmission costs, which it says will damage the region economically.

An 88-year-old Greymouth man has been sentenced to seven years and two months jail for sexual abuse against 11 victims, with some of the offending going back to the 1950s.

Search efforts on the West Coast continue today as police try and locate missing man Martin O'Brien.

The state highway between Greymouth and Stillwater will close next Friday for road resurfacing work, ahead of Waitangi weekend.

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.

Some farmers are already buying extra feed and offloading stock. Audio

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.

Fire forced the closure of the main inland road from Nelson to Christchurch for several hours today, though one lane has now been reopened.