Blackball connection to Auckland inquiry
Blackball connection to Auckland inquiry
The owner of an Auckland property where human remains were found last week encased in concrete, also previously owned a house and section at Blackball.
Laura Mills
Doc approves Whataroa scheme
Doc approves Whataroa scheme
The Department of Conservation has approved a small-scale hydro-electric power scheme in a creek just north of Whataroa.
Four workers got excess 1080 exposure
Four workers got excess 1080 exposure
Four workers on the West Coast were exposed to 1080 above the maximum daily limit, the Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) recent annual report on the aerial use of the poison says.
Rat and mouse numbers concern
Rat and mouse numbers concern
A science adviser to Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP) says mice and rats are running around West Coast forests in broad daylight, a sign that something is wrong, and has called for more 1080...
1080 poison drop fails to meet expectations
1080 poison drop fails to meet expectations
A 1080 drop at Maruia killed 79% of rats — not the 95% the Department of Conservation wanted.
Slip stalls Paparoa Track’s opening
Slip stalls Paparoa Track’s opening
A slip that pushed a digger 30m down a bank, leaving the area unsafe to work in, has delayed the opening of the $12million Paparoa Track "great walk" until March 1.
Cut-off towns raise infrastructure
Cut-off towns raise infrastructure
It is time to consider whether West Coast infrastructure needs more investment, a government minister says.
Iwi concerned about potential land grab
Iwi concerned about potential land grab
West Coast iwi claim the Crown is planning to inflict the biggest land grab on South Islanders since the colonial purchases.
Way cleared for full Pike River Minere-entry
Way cleared for full Pike River Minere-entry
Almost seven months after the symbolic re-entry of the Pike River Mine, Work Safe New Zealand has cleared the way for it to properly start.
Timing of drop condemned
Timing of drop condemned
The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) is demanding answers over the scheduling of some West Coast 1080 drops, saying fawns could starve if the poison drops go ahead.
Timing of drop condemned
Timing of drop condemned
The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) is demanding answers over the scheduling of some West Coast 1080 drops, saying fawns could starve if the poison drops go ahead.
Evidence still sought as memorial site planned
Evidence still sought as memorial site planned
Nine years after the Pike River Mine exploded with the loss of 29 lives, thoughts are turning to restoring some of the remote mine site to nature.
Coasters gather to ensure voice is heard
Coasters gather to ensure voice is heard
Miners, farmers and whitebaiters and others from all walks of life stood shoulder to shoulder with politicians in a Greymouth park yesterday to demand that the West Coast's voice is heard.
Call to Action rally 'not political'
Call to Action rally 'not political'
Organisers of the West Coast rally on Sunday insist it is not political, even though it will be attended by National Party MPs.
More wet weather for West Coast
More wet weather for West Coast
It might stop raining by Christmas . . . or maybe even New Year, Hokitika weather observer Mark Crompton says.
Coal business 'humming'
Coal business 'humming'
Buller coalmine owner Bathurst Resources has increased its profit and says business is "humming''.
Thousands on West Coast expected to protest Govt changes
Thousands on West Coast expected to protest Govt changes
Organisers of a rally planned for November 17 to protest a raft of Government changes -- from whitebaiting to mining and farming -- say they believe West Coasters will mass in their thousands.
Birchfield to chair West Coast Rgional Council
Birchfield to chair West Coast Rgional Council
Allan Birchfield, a goldminer and six-term councillor, is the West Coast Regional Council's new chairman.
'We've definitely got a plague': Mice infest Arthur's Pass
'We've definitely got a plague': Mice infest Arthur's Pass
Five years after a mouse plague inundated Arthur's Pass, a new infestation has hit the town.
Conservation board walking the talk
Conservation board walking the talk
The new West Coast Conservation Board is walking the talk with the green agenda with a move to vegetarian lunches, composting food waste and plant trees to offset carbon every time they have to travel.