Appeal to PM for emergency
Appeal to PM for emergency
The West Coast Conservation Board has written to the Prime Minister asking her to treat the Fox Glacier rubbish clean-up in the Fox and Cook rivers as an emergency.
Laura Mills
Road set to open tomorrow
Road set to open tomorrow
The access road to Franz Josef Glacier is due to reopen tomorrow, weather permitting, two months after a devastating storm washed out the road, leaving the glacier inaccessible.
Little info available on mining policy
Little info available on mining policy
Eighteen months after the Government announced its proposed policy of no new mines on conservation land, there is still no sign of the public discussion document.
August target date to finish re-entry
August target date to finish re-entry
The Pike River mine re-entry will be slow and steady.
Emotions run high at Pike River mine re-entry
Emotions run high at Pike River mine re-entry
After eight years and 141 days - and a false start three weeks ago
1080 drops will cover wide area
1080 drops will cover wide area
One of the biggest 1080 aerial poison operations in New Zealand, scheduled to get under way on the West Coast this week, is to start in the Arthur's Pass area before moving to Buller and then South...
Biggest 1080 drop on West Coast
Biggest 1080 drop on West Coast
The biggest 1080 aerial poison operation to date is scheduled to get under way on the West Coast this week, starting in the Arthur's Pass area before moving to Buller and South Westland.
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.
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.