West Coast

An oil tanker that crashed on State Highway 6 in Haast Pass is partially blocking the road.

The Department of Conservation is being accused of failing in its conservation role after it made a neutral submission on a proposed West Coast coal mine.

An Australian man has died after falling down a ravine while on a hunting trip in the Fox Glacier Valley.

Three people on board a fishing boat were safe, but cold and shaken, when it ran aground near Greymouth.

A man has been charged with dangerous driving over the deaths of two people, including his daughter, in a West Coast river last year.

The Kaikōura earthquake has bolstered the argument for a new road linking the West Coast to the Nelson region, the mayor of Buller District says.

Police have given up searching for a Swedish man missing for two weeks near Fox Glacier, on the South Island's West Coast.

The search for a missing Swedish hunter in Fox Glacier is to resume today after nothing of significance was found yesterday.

The search for a Swedish hunter who went missing while hunting near Fox Glacier is continuing.

A search and rescue operation is underway near Fox Glacier for a hunter who has been missing for two days.

Scientists drilling on the Alpine Fault in the West Coast have discovered some of the most extreme underground conditions on the planet. Audio

A major West Coast water export project has been approved despite opposition from water rights campaigners.

A man has been charged with setting his dog on a Greymouth bar manager after he asked the man to take the animal outside, police say

The Ministry of Justice is failing to properly examine why there is a shortage of legal aid lawyers in provincial areas, a family law specialist says.

A significant slip is blocking State Highway 6 on the West Coast in the South Island.