Call to rename Greymouth
Call to rename Greymouth
Calls to rename Greymouth are back in the news, this time because of worldwide unrest over historic figures with a dark past.
Laura Mills
$18 million for visitor hubs
$18 million for visitor hubs
The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will invest nearly $18million to create four West Coast visitor experience hubs, creating more than 50 jobs.
West Coast businesses hit hard to pandemic
West Coast businesses hit hard to pandemic
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the West Coast economy has been laid bare by Development West Coast in a frank survey, which shows businesses cutting staff numbers and others preparing to...
Tourism leaders urge restart of Tranz Alpine train
Tourism leaders urge restart of Tranz Alpine train
A group of West Coast tourism leaders has written to State-owned Enterprises Minister Winston Peters urging a restart of the Tranz Alpine tourist train.
Anglers happy to quarantine for chance to fish on Coast
Anglers happy to quarantine for chance to fish on Coast
Tourism operators say high-end anglers who visit the West Coast every year are so committed to the sport that some are willing to go through a two-week quarantine upon arrival in the country.
'Long, hard road': Franz Josef struggling in wake of virus
'Long, hard road': Franz Josef struggling in wake of virus
Franz Josef Glacier residents are shouting for help, with 50 job losses confirmed on Wednesday in the suddenly depressed tourist town.
Cave Creek anniversary quietly observed
Cave Creek anniversary quietly observed
Yesterday marked 25 years since the Cave Creek disaster, in which 14 people lost their lives when they fell into a deep cavern inland from Punakaiki.
‘Rationalisation’ needed as glacier towns especially hard hit
‘Rationalisation’ needed as glacier towns especially hard hit
The glacier towns are preparing for job losses and closures as major businesses, including Scenic Hotel Group, look at rationalisation.
Goldmining industry wants to get back to work
Goldmining industry wants to get back to work
The West Coast goldmining industry is agitating to be allowed back to work to help prop up the struggling economy.
Floodwalls among $40m of reboot projects
Floodwalls among $40m of reboot projects
Floodwalls to ring Westport and Franz Josef Glacier townships, new bridges and a Greymouth reservoir are among at least $40 million worth of projects being put forward to reboot the West Coast economy.
Coast council leaders reluctant to take pay cut
Coast council leaders reluctant to take pay cut
Council leaders on the West Coast are less than enthusiastic about the idea of taking a pay cut in solidarity with ratepayers hit by the Covid-19 lockdown.
Baker says no need to panic, as production rises
Baker says no need to panic, as production rises
As panic buying continues in the face of Covid-19, bread is in such hot demand that one Greymouth bakery has increased its daily production from five loaves to 200.
Slow work recovering evidence
Slow work recovering evidence
It can take Pike River Recovery Agency staff working underground 90 minutes to handle each piece of forensic evidence that they recover from the mine drift.
Pike River mine tunnel re-entry cost doubles to over $50m
Pike River mine tunnel re-entry cost doubles to over $50m
The cost of recovering the entry tunnel to the Pike River mine has blown out dramatically.
Lost dog survived two nights down sinkhole
Lost dog survived two nights down sinkhole
A hunting dog has survived a 35m fall down a vertical tomo or sinkhole near the Fox River with barely a scratch.
Repairs to 294 joints on $4million floodwall
Repairs to 294 joints on $4million floodwall
Work has begun on replacing or repairing almost 300 concrete joints which have failed in the Greymouth floodwall.
Record prices bring relief to gold-mining sector
Record prices bring relief to gold-mining sector
Gold prices have soared to an all-time high, bolstering the West Coast mining industry.
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.
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.