West Coast

The four West Coast councils have joined forces to help save construction and demolition waste from going to landfill.

As concern rises over a spate of kea deaths, people who come across the protected birds are being urged not to feed them. Audio

Tourists may get the chance to clear gorse from native bush to make a hands-on contribution to the West Coast.

A West Coast skydiving company says the Jobs for Nature programme has been a life saver.

West Coast Mines Rescue has been contracted by the Department of Conservation to monitor the now abandoned Pike River Mine.

The West Coast Regional Council has approved a $54.4 million flood resilience proposal for Westport today.

Greymouth engineering identity Eddie Gray has exited the engineering firm he helped found 40 years ago to manage a new enterprise to extract 'rare earth' minerals at Cape Foulwind.

Expected legal appeals of the proposed West Coast 'one district plan' and the cost of defending them is worrying West Coast regional councillors.

Access to Westport remains limited after large slips closed two of the main highways into the coastal town.

The West Coast Regional Council made the decision after a warning about the government's plans to change laws affecting councils.

West Coast District Health Board operations manager Philip Wheble said those presenting at the hospital had "quite complex" needs.

Additional orthopaedic operations for West Coast residents have been carried out in private hospitals in Christchurch in the past month, as Greymouth hospital attempts to reduce waiting times…

More wet weather means the slip at Lyell on SH6 remains "highly active", Waka Kotahi says.

Reefton has bucked the trend with a 40 percent increase in visitor spending during the pandemic.

Western parts of the country have been urged to brace for severe thunderstorms tomorrow, with forecasts predicting heavy rain, hail and potentially a few tornadoes.

The proposed $26 million Westport flood scheme will not provide uniform flood protection across the town, a report says.

Snow forecast over the next few days means a large section of the Milford Road will close overnight from today.

Westland Milk will stop collecting milk from Gloriavale next week to coincide with the end of the current milking season.

Preferred options to protect Westport with a new flood protection scheme to ring-fence the township will cost at least $26 million.

Franz Josef farmers are watching helplessly as their land washes away after the government withdrew $12 million for new river protection it promised following a devastating 2019 flood.