Builders and building materials are in short supply on the
West Coast, the result of a mad scramble to patch up roofs
left gaping after an unprecedented storm cut a trail of
damage over 400km from Karamea to Fox Glacier.
Haast Hollyford Highway Ltd director Durham Havill is
confident the proposed road on its own could ''easily'' draw
close to one million visitors a year to the West Coast;
double the current total tourist numbers to the region.
A cat found with two legs caught in a gin trap set in
suburban Cobden will make a full recovery, but it is the
second cat in six months trapped in the Cobden area.
About 150 scientists scoured Denniston Plateau at the weekend
in the dead of night, and during a storm, in the hope of
finding new species that could help derail plans by
Perth-based Bathurst Resources to mine the plateau.
A couple travelling over the Otira Gorge in a house bus had a
fright on Saturday, when the brakes failed as they descended
the viaduct just below Candys Bend.
