A local penguin trust had to intervene during emergency repairs to a temporary rock buffer, north of the Hokitika seawall, where kororā are known to nest.
Janice McGuire has been reunited with a piece of Blackball family history after a chance find by a local boy - her mother's wedding ring, missing for more than 65 years.
E.coli found at the Waiho River at the start of the year appears to be linked to seepage near a controversial stopbank and the Franz Josef sewage ponds.
The family of a butcher who used three knives to murder his wife is worried that, once he’s eventually freed from prison, he’ll be deported to the UK where there will be no official control or oversight of him.
A need to increase flood protection spending on the West Coast has led to one regional councillor expressing scepticism over climate change as communities debate what they need and can afford.
Shifting State Highway 6 near Franz Josef due to the threat posed by the glacial-fed Waiho River has been omitted in the proposed new Government Policy Statement (GPS).
South Westland towns, isolated at the height of the storm last night, rallied to accommodate stranded tourists and evacuees as Hari Hari bore the brunt of the slow-moving front.
Five fire appliances were called out to Punakaiki yesterday when a rat was fried in the meter box of the new Dolomite Point Experience Centre, which is still under construction.
Local Government New Zealand met a tepid response from the West Coast Regional Council when its president asked the council to rejoin the organisation.