West Coast

The Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities programme has expanded to the West Coast to the tune of $2.6m over the next two years.

A hearing will resume in Greymouth Tuesday on how land-use and mining will evolve under the West Coast's proposed new district plan.

A retired truck driver had hoped to secure a family legacy but lost everything when the vessel ran aground and sank.

The Office of the Auditor General has advised the council it needs to better reflect climate change in the way it manages its protection assets.

The final video played in the inquest into a Gloriavale man's death was a tribute to his life, compiled by his family.

Shane Jones visited two mines on Thursday without revealing it until afterwards - then had a private lunch with mining industry representatives.

Nearly three years after a devastating flood displaced hundreds of residents, they have been told a solution is near.

A toxicologist has told a court he cannot rule out the possibility that Sincere Standtrue may have been huffing paint and other chemical fumes before his death.

Sincere Standtrue - who had worked in the community's paint shop since he was 15 - was found unresponsive and died in Christchurch Hospital in November 2018.

The inquest will examine the circumstances of his death and if the death was self-inflicted.

Inland Canterbury areas have been covered in snow this morning.

Delays in the decommissioning of dangerous rock quarry near Greymouth have raised the ire of a West Coast regional councillor.

Reefton people desperate to save their only rest home packed into a meeting on Tuesday.

Waiho Flat landowners have expressed angst and frustration as they watch their devalued land "going down the river" despite a West Coast Regional Council promise four years ago they would be…

An Australian mining company predicts this town could have up to 5 percent of the world's supply of antimony.

Poutini Ngāi Tahu has defended Māori sites of significance after the Grey District called for them to be cut from the West Coast's proposed one district plan.

Reefton's aged residential care (ARC) facility, Ziman House, is now permanently closed.

It follows an earlier rejection of an Australian mining company's proposal to mine mineral sands from Barrytown Flats north of Greymouth.

Kent Vickerman is furious at the outcome of the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner's investigation into his wife's death.

One person has died after a crash on State Highway 6 on the West Coast on Saturday.