West Coast

Planners writing new regulations to protect native bush on private land are suggesting one set of rules for Grey district and another for Buller and Westland.

People in Nelson need to show vaccine passes to enter public libraries after the Covid-19 outbreak in the region.

A major South Island tourism operator has warned that banks are running out of goodwill towards the industry as the impact of Covid-19 continues to bite.

Barrytown JV Ltd wants to mine 63ha of farmland on the Barrytown Flats for ilmenite and other minerals. Councils have recommended granting consent under certain conditions.

West Coast Civil Defence has set up an emergency operations centre in Hokitika and will open another in Greymouth this evening.

A new survey paints a grim picture of south Westland with more business closures, job losses, poorer mental health and community members leaving.

Community workshops are under way to help West Coast residents prepare for Covid-19.

The West Coast of the South Island has seen a surge of interest from players large and small in gold prospecting.

People on the West Coast are coming to terms with the discovery of human remains deep in the Pike River , more than a decade after the deadly explosion.

Footage showing bodies inside the Pike River mine was what loved ones of the 29 men killed in the disaster had been waiting for - but it was coupled with knowledge that none would be recovered.

A turbulent mix of emotions are being felt as - just two days shy of the 11th anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster- human remains have been discovered.

Part of a rural property and $10,000 in cash have been forfeited after a police investigation into a cannabis operation in Greymouth.

The loss of international visitors to West Coast glacier towns has caused job cuts, businesses to close and people to leave, but further up the Coast, the picture is a bit rosier.

In its first prosecution involving damage to a protected wetland, the West Coast Regional Council took John Cowan to court earlier this year for excavating a 270m-long drain adjoining Department of…

Governance costs for the West Coast Regional Council have nearly doubled in the past three months, prompting a "please explain" from the council's finance monitors.

Reefton's economic development officer Rachel Fifield says she and her husband would close the gym they operate rather than exclude people not vaccinated against Covid-19.

A new mental health unit for the West Coast is back on track after getting the nod from the government's capital investment committee.