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Mother and child hit in supermarket car park
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Mother and child hit in supermarket car park
A mother and her young child are in hospital after they were struck by a runaway SUV outside the Westport New World supermarket.
Laura Mills
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Ruby Tui's local connection spurs boom in book sales
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Ruby Tui's local connection spurs boom in book sales
Fresh from winning the Women's Rugby World Cup, Ruby Tui's book Straight Up has taken the country by storm.
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Rare kiwi under threat from illegal pig release
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Rare kiwi under threat from illegal pig release
A rare kiwi species is under threat from pigs illegally released in Westland Tai Poutini National Park, in what has been called an ecological catastrophe by the Department of Conservation (Doc).
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Request to reopen Spring Creek denied
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Request to reopen Spring Creek denied
West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O’Connor says he will not "interfere" with the refusal to allow the Spring Creek coalmine to reopen.
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Inquiries into sudden deaths on West Coast
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Inquiries into sudden deaths on West Coast
West Coast police were stretched with two sudden deaths within two hours of each other early today, in Little Wanganui and Hokitika.
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Kiwi under threat from illegally released pigs
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Kiwi under threat from illegally released pigs
A rare kiwi species is under threat from pigs illegally released in Westland Tai Poutini National Park, in what has been called by the Department of Conservation an ecological catastrophe.
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O'Connor vows not to 'interfere' in Spring Creek decision
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O'Connor vows not to 'interfere' in Spring Creek decision
West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor says he will not "interfere" with the refusal to allow the Spring Creek coalmine to reopen.
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From Westland to Walmart: You butter believe it
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From Westland to Walmart: You butter believe it
Westgold butter, produced at Westland Milk Products' new Hokitika plant, is on the shelves of 550 Walmart stores across 19 states in the United States.
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New leads in 1998 West Coast cold case
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New leads in 1998 West Coast cold case
"They didn't seem interested," a former Kakapotahi resident said today of the gunshot she heard 24 years ago.
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Confusion over end date of whitebait season
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Confusion over end date of whitebait season
Whitebait season closes tomorrow — not Monday, the last day of the month — leading to speculation the Department of Conservation forgot a day when it reset the fishing rules.
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Early whitebait finish 'an oversight'
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Early whitebait finish 'an oversight'
Whitebait season closes on Sunday - not Monday the 31st - leading to speculation the Department of Conservation forgot a day when it reset the fishing rules.
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Theft of whale fossil 'environmental vandalism'
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Theft of whale fossil 'environmental vandalism'
A 23 million-year-old whale fossil cut out of the riverbank in broad daylight at Little Wanganui at the weekend may be sold for just a few thousand dollars.
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Seventeen jobs on the line at Grey District Council
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Seventeen jobs on the line at Grey District Council
About $1 million in wages would be saved annually if the proposal to cut 17 positions at Grey District Council gets the go-ahead.
‘Bewildering’ call to decline mine reopening
‘Bewildering’ call to decline mine reopening
The Government has provisionally declined an application to reopen an existing underground coalmine that would have generated $60 million a year, and added 3% to the West Coast economy.
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DOC not moving into Hokitika heritage building
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DOC not moving into Hokitika heritage building
The Department of Conservation says it will no longer move into a historic government building in Hokitika, two years after a $22 million government restoration was announced.
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Mines minister has never visited a mine
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Mines minister has never visited a mine
The minister in charge of mining has not stepped foot inside a single mine since taking on the portfolio.
Govt not keen on reopening Spring Creek mine
Govt not keen on reopening Spring Creek mine
The Government has provisionally declined an application to reopen an existing underground coalmine that would have generated $60 million a year and added 3% to the West Coast economy.
Search for 1962 aircraft continues
Search for 1962 aircraft continues
A Tasman man is planning his own search for a missing West Coast aircraft, which he believes could be in the wider Wanaka area.
‘Rare earth’ mine opening
‘Rare earth’ mine opening
The ship is booked, the plant being assembled and production is imminent, as a new era of mining begins on the West Coast.
Speeding driver had taken cocktail of drugs: coroner
Speeding driver had taken cocktail of drugs: coroner
A Greymouth man who died in 2019 after crashing in Canterbury was not wearing his seatbelt correctly, had taken a cocktail of illicit drugs and was speeding, a coroner has ruled.