West Coast

The work to re-enter the Pike River mine has reached a significant step, with the workers last night reaching the Rocsil Plug near the end of the drift.

The embattled Canterbury District Health Board and the West Coast District Health board have a new chief executive.

A claim the new Minister of Conservation is an "activist" who will put iwi interests ahead of the environment has been rubbished by a Māori leader.

With the dairy season at its peak, farmers breaching their resource consents have appeared on the West Coast Regional Council's black list for the first time in months.

The West Coast Regional Council has cut its losses and sold its share in a Canterbury-based pesticide factory.

The Department of Conservation has agreed to help with the cost of identifying significant natural areas on public conservation land.

A West Coast regional councillor is calling on Development West Coast to stump up and cover costs that are about to land on ratepayers because of the government's new environmental policies.

An American surgeon working in Greymouth has resigned, saying the people of the West Coast deserve better than a hospital essentially run by GPs.

Coal plays a small part in greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand, Minerals West Coast manager Patrick Phelps told West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board this month.

There will be a minute of silence in the afternoon at the same time the explosion happened, followed by a roll call, where the names of the men will be yelled down into the mine. Audio

An investigator says the drum found at the burned-down workshop of Franz Josef mechanic Clive Raymond Jenkins suggests the fire was started deliberately.

How do you get a stoat to swallow a dead rat? First take its photo. That's the cunning plan devised by pest control teams in a remote valley.

The West Coast community is preparing to mark 10 years since the Pike River mine tragedy.

Production of iconic West Coast beer brand Monteith's could be moved out of Greymouth and into other regions.

An "embarrassingly simple" intervention has made a dramatic difference in Māori patients' ability to keep hospital appointments, West Coast DHB staff say.

The Ngāi Tahu rūnanga is mounting a legal challenge to the Minister of Conservation's appointment decisions for the West Coast Conservation Board.

The West Coast Regional Council is forging ahead with the four flood protection projects it successfully pitched to the government as shovel-ready projects.