Collaboration for 'Pounamu Pathway'
Collaboration for 'Pounamu Pathway'
Museums, councils, and Poutini Ngai Tahu have united Coast-wide to re-tell the history of the region, anchored by early Maori history.
Laura Mills
Myrtle rust discovered on West Coast for first time
Myrtle rust discovered on West Coast for first time
Myrtle rust has been detected on the West Coast for the first time, on a young pohutukawa tree in Greymouth.
New quarry sites possible
New quarry sites possible
Unprecented demand for heavy rock for flood works has left contractors scouring the riverbed at Franz Josef Glacier and the West Coast Regional Council is considering opening up new quarries in a...
NZ needs coal - lobby group
NZ needs coal - lobby group
Coal makes up just 5% of New Zealand greenhouse gas emissions, mining industry lobby group Straterra says.
Zero-carbon move 'very difficult' for the West Coast
Zero-carbon move 'very difficult' for the West Coast
The Govt's move to a ''zero-carbon economy'' - ending the burning of coal and casting future coalmines into doubt - will be a ''very difficult transition for the West Coast'', Grey Mayor Tony Kokshoorn says.
Hopes of reopening in June
Hopes of reopening in June
The Department of Conservation hopes to reopen the access road to the Franz Josef Glacier in early June - two months after a flood devastated both glacier valleys.
Extent of Alps ice melt shocks
Extent of Alps ice melt shocks
The hot summer of 2018-19 has caused glaciers to disappear in the Southern Alps and ice fields to collapse like never before.
Free campsites to stay but Buller facilities uncertain
Free campsites to stay but Buller facilities uncertain
Free campsites developed in Buller and Westland last summer will stay open after government funding runs out at the end of this month, although the Buller ones may not be serviced.
Countdown on for Pike River Mine re-entry
Countdown on for Pike River Mine re-entry
The countdown is on for the Pike River Mine re-entry in three weeks' time, with the cost now set at $36 million.
Contract extensions for staff at Pike River Recovery Agency
Contract extensions for staff at Pike River Recovery Agency
Staff working at the Pike River Recovery Agency are to have their contracts extended from June to December.
Funding would set precedent: O'Connor
Funding would set precedent: O'Connor
If the Government paid to shift people off the flooded south bank at Franz Josef landowners living beside the sea and in flood plains all over the country would be seeking the same, West Coast...
Dump wash out 'a coastal eco-disaster'
Dump wash out 'a coastal eco-disaster'
Forest & Bird has described rubbish-strewn South Westland beaches as possibly the ''biggest coastal eco-disaster since the Rena oil spill''.
Power back on six days after flood damage
Power back on six days after flood damage
Power was restored to Haast early yesterday, six days after one of the biggest recorded floods in the Haast River damaged the town's hydro scheme.
State of emergency still in place
State of emergency still in place
South Westland is still mopping up after this week's once-in-a-century storm, and a state of emergency remained in place yesterday.
Tahr carcases used in bid to protect kea
Tahr carcases used in bid to protect kea
Three hundred tahr are to be culled and fed to kea in an attempt to keep the endangered native parrots away from an aerial 1080 poison drop in the hills behind Whataroa.
Much of Westland isolated
Much of Westland isolated
Raging floodwaters have severed access on the West Coast, swallowing a major bridge and causing slips throughout the region.
Videos attracting more fishermen
Videos attracting more fishermen
An influx of boaties in South Westland, some inspired by YouTube videos of bumper catches, are keeping the Haast-based honorary fishing officer busy this year.
'Devastating': glacier access limited to air
'Devastating': glacier access limited to air
Mother Nature 1, Westland 0 - that was the verdict yesterday as Fox Glacier residents started pondering the reality of life in the tourist village without foot or road access to the glacier.
$12m plan for 1080
$12m plan for 1080
The Department of Conservation plans to spend $12million this year on rodent control with 1080 poison as it fights a "mega'' beech mast fruiting season.
No ground access to Fox Glacier after road landslip
No ground access to Fox Glacier after road landslip
In a major blow to Fox Glacier tourism, the access road to the glacier has been wiped out by a major landslip, just weeks after the last repairs costing $430,000.