Laura Mills

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Head-on crash kills beloved farmer, teacher couple

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Head-on crash kills beloved farmer, teacher couple

A much-loved former Reefton school teacher and her Federated Farmers stalwart husband died as a result of a car crash on the Canterbury Plains last week.

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Tributes for couple killed in Canterbury crash

Frank Brenmuhl. PHOTO: FEDERATED FARMERS

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Tributes for couple killed in Canterbury crash

Tributes are being paid to a much-loved former Reefton school teacher and her Federated Farmers stalwart husband, killed following a car crash on the Canterbury Plains.

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Human chain of concern at Reefton Hospital

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Human chain of concern at Reefton Hospital

More than 200 people made a chain around Reefton Hospital at the weekend as concerns over health cuts rumble throughout the West Coast and beyond.

Health system declaration to travel country

People march in Westport on Saturday, protesting cuts to after-hours GPs on the West Coast. PHOTO...

Health system declaration to travel country

A "declaration" that New Zealand’s health system is in a state of crisis was made at a protest in Westport on Saturday, and will now tour the country for the wider public to sign.

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Decision puts urgent care ‘out of reach’

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Decision puts urgent care ‘out of reach’

"Once it goes, we are never getting it back," Westland Mayor Helen Lash says of looming cuts to after-hours GP services throughout the West Coast.

Health cuts protests set to be held

A large turnout is expected in Westport today to protest health cuts in the town, national speakers, local health staff and television cameras all set to attend.

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Communities rally to help whitebaiter's family

A rescue helicopter searched Rapahoe Beach on Wednesday. Photo: Greymouth Star

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Communities rally to help whitebaiter's family

The Runanga and Rapahoe communities are rallying to help the wife and six children of a local man who drowned this week while whitebaiting near his home.

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Questions over access to telehealth

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Questions over access to telehealth

Several hundred West Coast households have neither phone nor internet, raising questions about access to a doctor after hours, with the impending move to telehealth.

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Hopes stricken barge will be floated soon

The Manahau may be stuck in the sand for days. Photo: Damer Farrell, Greymouth Star

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Hopes stricken barge will be floated soon

The cavalry has arrived in Westport, boosting hopes that a powerful tug now offshore can pull the stricken barge off Carters Beach around midday tomorrow.

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Rain warning thresholds changed

A week of wild weather comes amid warnings that marine heatwave conditions currently enveloping...

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Rain warning thresholds changed

The MetService has changed its rain warning thresholds for the West Coast, which should result in fewer orange alerts being issued.

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Rain warning criteria for West Coast changed

The weather advisory change reflects the higher rainfall experienced on the West Coast compared...

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Rain warning criteria for West Coast changed

MetService has changed its rain warning thresholds for the West Coast, which should see fewer 'orange' alerts issued.

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Suburb still isolated after landslide

The hilltop  suburb of Arnott Heights has been isolated since early on Monday when a...

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Greymouth suburb still isolated after landslide

Contractors have been working hard to restore road access in a Greymouth suburb after a landslide, but residents are warned the hill remains unstable.

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Application made for new goldmine on Ngāi Tahu forestry land

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Application made for new goldmine on Ngāi Tahu forestry land

An application has been made for a new goldmine near Butlers landfill, south of Hokitika.

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West Coast trip included in Agatha Christie doco

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West Coast trip included in Agatha Christie doco

A TV production company will be on the West Coast later this month as part of a new documentary retracing Agatha Christie's 1922 world tour - including a little-known visit to the Coast.

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Hunters ask for rules to be altered

The Whataroa Valley and areas around the township are to be poisoned with brodifacoum as part of...

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Hunters ask for rules to be altered

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has been asked to alter its rules to allow hunting around Whataroa, after brodifacoum was put around the town.

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High winds cut off power

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High winds cut off power

Whataroa and Hari Hari bore the brunt of the high winds on the West Coast over the past couple of days with power cuts and gusts of up to 160kmh.

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New mental-health facility under way

Celebrating a new mental health facility in Greymouth are (from left): Marie Mahuika-Forsyth ...

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New mental-health facility under way

Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey turned the first sod on the new facility in Greymouth this week, announcing a $7 million funding bump to get it over the line.

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Rail tunnel may not reopen until December

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Rail tunnel may not reopen until December

The collapsed rail tunnel at Reefton may not reopen until December — meaning six months of up to 75 coal trucks a day on the road between Westport and the rail load-out area at Ikamatua.

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Rail line closed as tunnel collapse inspection under way

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Rail line closed as tunnel collapse inspection under way

KiwiRail has not yet managed to physically inspect the Tawhai tunnel, which partially collapsed at Reefton Saddle on June 15.

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Rates hike among top in NZ: union

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Rates hike among top in NZ: union

The Taxpayers’ Union says the West Coast Regional Council rates hike is one of the steepest in the country.

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