Highway safety barrier gates to be installed
The NZ Transport Agency will next month install permanent highway safety barrier gates at either end of the Fox Hills, between Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier.
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Group fails to halt Westland Milk sale
Group fails to halt Westland Milk sale
A group of former Westland Milk shareholders have failed in their bid to have the Overseas Investment Office delay the sale of the co-op to Chinese dairy giant Yili.
Opposition to felling 300-year-old West Coast rātā
Opposition to felling 300-year-old West Coast rātā
A heritage order is being sought by people on the West Coast to protect four 300-year-old rātā trees from being chopped down.
Minister, mayor clash over Fox River clean-up
Minister, mayor clash over Fox River clean-up
The Conservation Minister has criticised Westland District Council for not having the to cash clean up Fox River, but the mayor says the region's few ratepayers shouldn't need to pay.
Man charged with murder after baby dies
Man charged with murder after baby dies
A neighbour feels "sick to the stomach" wondering if they could have done more after a 30-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a 10-month-old baby boy in Hokitika.
Man charged with murder after baby injured in Hokitika dies
Man charged with murder after baby injured in Hokitika dies
A 30-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 10-month-old baby boy who was injured yesterday died today.
Three hurt in icy collision on West Coast
Three hurt, two seriously, in icy collision
Three people were injured - two seriously - in a two-car crash in icy conditions near Makarora last night.
Overwhelming 'yes' for sale of Westland
Overwhelming 'yes' for sale of Westland
It was a done deal - the vote to sell Westland Milk Products to Chinese dairy giant Yili was sealed well before the ballot in Greymouth yesterday.
OIO silent over last-minute bid to block Westland sale
OIO silent over last-minute bid to block Westland sale
The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) is not commenting on a last-minute bid by farmer-shareholders who switched to Fonterra but are owed millions of dollars by Westland Milk Products, to block the...
Defence Force team to join grandfather in clean-up operation
Defence Force team to join grandfather in clean-up operation
It really is all hands on deck for the Fox Glacier rubbish clean-up as the army and an 81-year-old Aucklander join in.
Defence Force to help with West Coast clean-up
Defence Force to help with West Coast clean-up
The New Zealand Defence Force is sending up to 70 staff and other resources to help clean up thousands of tonnes of rubbish scattered along the West Coast after an old landfill breached earlier...
Attempted armed robbery at Traffers Bar
Attempted armed robbery at Traffers Bar
''Shaken but OK''.
Westland Milk sale process 'seriously flawed'
Westland Milk sale process 'seriously flawed'
West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor has slammed Westland Milk Products over the proposed sale to Chinese-owned Yili, but also says shareholders needed to share the blame because they had failed to...
Forensic search of Pike River mine drift complete
Forensic search of Pike River mine drift complete
The Pike River mining team has completed a forensic search of the mine drift, with no items of interest found.
Evacuation as firefighters called out to rest-home
Evacuation as firefighters called out to rest-home
An early morning fire call to Granger House yesterday resulted in 12 people being evacuated, and the Cobden fire siren waking many Greymouth and Cobden people.
Chairman's resignation adds to pressure on council
Chairman's resignation adds to pressure on council
The chairman of Westland Holdings Ltd - the umbrella company for the Westland District Council's two trading companies - has resigned in a surprise move.
Pop stars inspired Gloriavale member to escape
Pop stars inspired Gloriavale member to escape
Secretly listening to Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Eminem inspired a young member of the Gloriavale religious sect to flee and pursue a career in pop music.
$20,000 gold theft reward
$20,000 gold theft reward
Worried West Coast goldminers have posted a $20,000 reward in a bid to catch the thieves behind a cluster of gold heists, break-ins and vandalism at six or more claims in the past week.
Doc to take over West Coast landfill clean-up
Doc to take over West Coast landfill clean-up
The Department of Conservation will take charge of the riverbed clean-up after the Fox River landfill burst open during floods.
Body of missing jet-boater found on beach
Body of missing jet-boater found on beach
The body of a man has been found after he went missing in a jet-boating incident on the West Coast last month.