West Coast

West Coast locals say good investment in areas outside the mining industry is needed to kick-start the local economy.

The heavy rain that kept much of the lower North Island soggy this weekend has passed for now.

A slip caused by heavy rain is blocking the way of rugby fans heading to Hamilton for Taranaki's Ranfurly Shield challenge.

A man and a woman have been arrested after a man was attacked with a baseball bat in a suburb of Greymouth, this afternoon.

The body of a man whose workshop burned down last night has been found, police say.

Three women have been rescued after the car they were driving went over a bank on the West Coast.

There are no concerns for public safety following a fire at a building in Franz Josef on the West Coast, police say.

The coastal road along the West Coast between Greymouth and Westport remains closed today after a massive slip yesterday.

Bathurst Resources plans to talk to stakeholders about its coal project on the Denniston Plateau, inland from Westport, now prices are on the rise.

A commercial fisherman has appeared in court on charges linked to the deaths of 38 albatrosses.

A family grieving over the loss of their daughter in a car accident at Mount Cook last year has forgiven the young driver responsible.

A crackdown on illegal mining has landed six gold prospectors in hot water.

A man has died in a boating accident off the West Coast of the South Island this afternoon.

Coal prices are rising, boosting confidence that some assets of the defunct state enterprise Solid Energy might be saved.

The cyclist who died after a collision with a car on the West Coast this morning was a local teenager.

Locals in the West Coast town of Ross are pleading with police to reinstate a community officer.