Laura Mills

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

Workers examine a slip that pushed a digger 30m down a bank on the Paparoa Track. PHOTO: DOC

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

It is time to consider whether West Coast infrastructure needs more investment, a government minister says.

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

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

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'

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

It might stop raining by Christmas . . . or maybe even New Year, Hokitika weather observer Mark Crompton says.

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

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

Five years after a mouse plague inundated Arthur's Pass, a new infestation has hit the town.

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.

Ex Gloriavale member questions tax-free status

A former Gloriavale member wants to know how the Christian Community keeps its tax-free status, when she claims it is not meeting terms agreed to several years ago with the Charities Commission.

Memories of West Coast massacre

The British Government's expression of regret for the killing of about eight Maori by Captain James Cook 250 years ago has stirred memories of a little known massacre of an entire village in South Westland in the 1820s.

Train carriage up for Bach of the Year

A runaway train carriage turned bach at Rutherglen has been named as a finalist in the Bach of the Year Awards.

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