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Rain may slow SH6 slip repairs

An abseiler (circled) inspects a large slip in the Knights Point area on the West Coast yesterday...

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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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Some tourists being caught out by closure of State Highway 6

Rockfall closed SH6 between Haast and Makarora months ago. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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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.

Highway fix will be costly, take years: NZTA

Highway fix will be costly, take years: NZTA

The NZTA is considering options for realigning part of SH6 in Westland, but such a fix would take years and is likely to cost hundreds of millions.

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Call for action as slip cuts off Coast

Development West Coast chief executive Heath Milne. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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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...

Highway to stay closed until weekend

A section of State Highway 6 will remain closed until the weekend at the earliest owing to slips caused by recent heavy rain on the West Coast.

Businesses worried after highway closed

Cracks in the highway at Knights Point, north of Haast. Photo: NZTA

Businesses worried after main West Coast highway closed

Businesses are worried tourists can't reach them as a main highway connecting West Coast communities is closed north of Haast after damage from severe weather.

Flood-hit Westland highway to stay closed

A track-level route north of Lake Moeraki was established on Sunday, enabling an escorted convoy...

Flood-hit Westland highway to stay closed

Part of a major highway on the West Coast is likely to remain closed for most of the week, following heavy rain and slips in the region.

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.

Chief executive resigns

Acting Westland District Council chief executive Scott Baxendale has resigned, with effect from December 4.

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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.

Horse rider pleads for support to keep safe on roads

A campaign has been launched for a law change to changed to recognise horse riders as vulnerable...

Horse rider pleads for support to keep safe on roads

A nationwide campaign to have horse-riders officially recognised as vulnerable road users has been offered supported by the West Coast’s Regional Transport committee.

Fire at funeral home

Westland Funeral Services. Photo: Facebook

Fire at West Coast funeral home

Firefighters were called to a blaze at a funeral home on the West Coast this afternoon.

Motorcyclist killed in crash near Fox Glacier

A motorcyclist is dead following a crash on the West Coast yesterday afternoon.

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Publicans frustrated as licence suspended

Hotel Lake Brunner has had its on-licence suspended over Canterbury Anniversary weekend. Photo:...

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Publicans frustrated as licence suspended

A defiant publican is pressing on, despite losing one of the busiest weekends of the year in punitive action taken by the police for an alleged liquor licence breach.

Haast pass delays as rock work done

The original rockfall that closed SH6 between Haast and Makarora – near Orman Falls in the Haast...

Haast pass delays as rock work done

Motorists using the Haast Pass, State Highway 6, between Makarora and Haast will face daytime delays of up to an hour until November 15, as workers complete rock scaling and removal at Orman Falls.

$500K spent on binned changes

$500K spent on binned changes

West Coast councils spent close to half a million dollars working on speed limit changes the coalition government has now binned.

Obituary: Battling trucker carried many loads

Jim Dynes stands with "Blue Katie", from the T909 Director series, one of only two such trucks in...

Obituary: Battling trucker carried many loads

Jim Dynes was a vital figure in the southern transport industry. Stephen Jaquiery looks back on a colourful life and career.

Seized pounamu returned to Poutini Ngāi Tahu

Pounamu can only be found in the South Island. Photo: supplied

Seized pounamu returned to Poutini Ngāi Tahu

Nearly 60kg of pounamu has returned to its rightful guardians, Poutini Ngāi Tahu, in an emotional ceremony on the West Coast.

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Severance of $190K paid out

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Severance of $190K paid out

More than $190,000 was paid to former Westland District Council chief executive Simon Bastion on his way out the door.

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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.

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