West Coast

Ngāi Tahu board member Rob Wilson proposes considering the usefulness of possums for the local economy with an incentive for hunters to help control their numbers.

Much of the Department of Conservation's national predator control work in 2023 will be concentrated on the West Coast, and most of that by way of aerial 1080 poison.

Ongoing staffing pressures has again delayed the reopening of 24-hour acute care in Westport.

Authorities are investigating the removal of a locally treasured whale fossil from the mouth of the Little Wanganui River, near Karamea.

West Coast Regional Council chief executive drops bombshell at inaugural meeting, giving notice of her intention to leave.

Working from home could prove difficult - but the daily commute might involve a jet boat or helicopter ride. And your direct reports would include some of the world's rarest creatures.

A Westland District councillor has tended his resignation 10 days after being voted in, saying doing the job would compromise his personal beliefs.

A "few" kea die as a result of poison pest control operations but there is a longer term benefit overall to protecting the parrot, DOC says.

The West Coast Regional Council still has no clarity on the status of the lower Waiho (Waiau) River flood protection project at Franz Josef, which received a $24 million 'shovel ready' injection by…

Work to urgently bolster Westport's historic flood defences will not start until land tenure is sorted out.

After the ballot count showed a dead heat, a new Grey District councillor is delighted to have won her seat when her name was drawn from an office stationery basket.

New species of microscopic creatures have been discovered in the Southern Alps.

Members for the West Coast Regional Council have been rolled in preliminary election results. One loser says it's a move towards "Trumpism" - the other side says they "got rid of the greenies".

The High Court has ordered Westland Dairy Company to continue collecting milk from Gloriavale's dairy farms.

Gloriavale Christian Community is welcoming the decision by the High Court to grant an injunction ordering Westland Milk Products to continue to collect its milk.

Several sections of highway on the West Coast will be closed overnight for three weeks while safety markings are repainted.

Worry about the delivery speed for the postal voting papers is shared by the Greymouth mayor as ballot papers trickle in with just five days remaining.

The $2.8 million Hokitika seawall extension is being reviewed by council to justify the funding it has already received from the government - amidst calls to abandon the scheme.