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Summer song warming up as cicadas start emerging
The shrill of cicadas define hot summers on the West Coast, but even in the middle of a great summer this year the familiar song has been largely silent so far.
Laura Mills
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Cannabis grower intimidated hunters in area
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Cannabis grower intimidated hunters in area
Cowboy Paradise owner Michael Kevin Milne, who is doing time for running a commercial cannabis venture, has been convicted on a charge of intimidating hunters in the area.
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Mayor takes sentenced sign smasher to task
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Mayor takes sentenced sign smasher to task
A man who went on a road-sign smashing "rampage'’ the length of the Grey district, causing almost $20k in damage, has been taken to task by Mayor Tania Gibson in court.
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Prisoner pleads guilty to further drug and firearm charges
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Prisoner pleads guilty to further drug and firearm charges
A man who sent off a package of cannabis via courier from Karamea to Southland, today admitted a string of subsequent drug charges.
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Man allegedly threatened to injure council staff
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Man allegedly threatened to injure council staff
A Hari Hari man who allegedly threatened to injure Westland District Council staff is now facing legal action.
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Community rallies to rescue petrels
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Community rallies to rescue petrels
As darkness descended each night, 25 Coast Road residents spent the past seven weeks patrolling their turf helping to rescue 57 crash-landed petrels.
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Rata return to paint Coast red
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Rata return to paint Coast red
A magnificent rata flowering has turned the West Coast red.
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Christie doco to feature Hokitika visit
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Christie doco to feature Hokitika visit
A new five-part documentary about crime author Agatha Christie’s overseas 1924 tour - including to the West Coast - will be released on streaming service Brit Box in the United Kingdom on March 8.
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Glacier retreating faster than ever
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Glacier retreating faster than ever
Franz Josef Glacier is now smaller than at any time since measurements of the ice began.
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Franz Josef Glacier rapidly retreating
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Franz Josef Glacier rapidly retreating
Franz Josef Glacier is now smaller than at any time since measurements of the ice began.
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A close eye on SH6 section as it reopens after 13 days
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A close eye on SH6 section as it reopens after 13 days
State Highway 6 will reopen at 10am today, but with warnings of more closures and with new hazard lights to warn motorists if the ground moves again.
Mayor wins defamation case
Mayor wins defamation case
Buller District Mayor Jamie Cleine has won a defamation case brought by a Westport accountant.
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Options for slip area under investigation
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Options for slip area under investigation
A business case has been signed off to look at options around slip-prone Knights Point on the West Coast as an Orange rain warning hovers over the area for today.
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Some tourists being caught out by closure of State Highway 6
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Some tourists being caught out by closure of State Highway 6
Some tourists, with English as a second language, are still driving over the Haast Pass without understanding that the road north to the glaciers is blocked at Knights Point.
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Rain may slow SH6 slip repairs
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Rain may slow SH6 slip repairs
More rocks have fallen on to the road at Knights Point and with rain forecast, NZTA says it is likely to be Sunday at the earliest before SH6 - the tourism industry’s lifeline - reopens to traffic
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Call for action as slip cuts off Coast
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Call for action as slip cuts off Coast
West Coast businesses are losing up to $3million a day after the landslip near Knights Point — where State Highway 6 clings on at the top of a 100m drop into the sea — started to move in the...
Westland state of emergency lifted, SH6 damaged
Westland state of emergency lifted, SH6 damaged
A state of emergency in part of Westland has been lifted as officials assess damage from heavy rain that has affected the highway network.
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Greymouth man pleads guilty over child sex abuse images
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Greymouth man pleads guilty over child sex abuse images
A Greymouth panel beater has admitted downloading more than 120,000 images and videos exploiting the sexual abuse of young people, including one girl younger than two years old.
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'Not great year' for whitebaiters
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'Not great year' for whitebaiters
The shortened whitebait season ended today without a hiss, let alone a roar, and the Grey River running dirty.
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Deaf woman isolated after social media hacking
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Deaf woman isolated after social media hacking
A profoundly deaf Murchison woman has lost her main way of communicating with the world, after her social media accounts were hacked - and then suspended.