Big demand for West Coast gravel
Gravel and rock from the West Coast are in high demand, both for 'exporting' and for $60 million of large infrastructure projects about to get under way throughout the region.
Greymouth Star
Suspicious fire guts gang pad
Suspicious fire guts gang pad
A Greymouth gang house, described as a ‘‘second home’’ for the members of the Aotearoa Natives, has burned to the ground in a suspicious overnight blaze.
Suspicious fire guts gang pad
Suspicious fire guts gang pad
A Greymouth gang house, described as a ‘‘second home’’ for the members of the Aotearoa Natives, has burned to the ground in a suspicious overnight blaze.
Charges ‘likely’ for filming
Charges ‘likely’ for filming
The boy who filmed the callous assault of a young John Paul II High School pupil in the sanctuary of her classroom, is likely to be charged.
West Coast council sells shares in 1080 factory
West Coast council sells shares in 1080 factory
The West Coast Regional Council has cut its losses and sold its share in a Canterbury-based 1080 poison factory.
Social media post prompts 'disturbing' classroom assault
Social media post prompts 'disturbing' classroom assault
Two Greymouth High School girls have been suspended after they stormed into a classroom at John Paul II High School and assaulted a junior girl.
Proposal sees 'great risk' for some West Coast patients
Proposal sees 'great risk' for some West Coast patients
Changes to the medical workforce on the West Coast that have been touted as the answer to the region's GP woes and reliance on locums, will put residents at clinical risk, and cut their access to...
Work safety progress not meeting ambition
Work safety progress not meeting ambition
A decade after the Pike River Mine disaster, the same number of people who died in the mine are losing their lives every four months in New Zealand.
Ceremony marks 10 years since Pike River
'Families need justice': Pike River families begin new battle
Today marks a decade since the explosions at the Pike River mine on the West Coast took the lives of 29 men.
'Families need justice': Pike River families begin new battle
'Families need justice': Pike River families begin new battle
The bodies of Milton Osborne and Ben Rockhouse will probably never leave the Pike River Mine workings where they died, but 10 years on their families have launched a new fight to reduce workplace...
'Families need justice': Pike River families begin new battle
'Families need justice': Pike River families begin new battle
Today marks a decade since the explosions at the Pike River mine on the West Coast took the lives of 29 men.
DHB apologises after man dies in mental health unit
DHB apologises after man dies in mental health unit
The West Coast District Health Board has apologised to the family of a patient who died after barricading himself in his room at the mental health unit at the old Grey Base Hospital and attempting...
Hokitika 10-month-old suffered fatal brain injuries
Hokitika 10-month-old suffered fatal brain injuries
A 10-month-old Hokitika baby suffered fatal and severe brain injuries and had about 30 bruises on his body, the High Court murder trial of the baby's father David Grant Sinclair heard on Monday.
Following water rules 'very difficult if not impossible'
Following water rules 'very difficult if not impossible'
The West Coast Regional Council wants the Government to reconsider a swag of freshwater rules it says will not work for the Coast.
Mayor calls for DB to hand over plant to people of Greymouth
Mayor calls for DB to hand over plant to people of Greymouth
Grey District Mayor Tania Gibson will ask DB Breweries to hand over the brewing and bottling plant to the people of Greymouth if it will not reverse the proposal to move the commercial operation...
Anger over DB proposal to close Monteith’s brewery
Anger over DB proposal to close Monteith’s brewery
DB Breweries may close its Monteith's brewing operation in Greymouth, with the loss of seven jobs.
Anger at DB proposal to close Monteith’s brewery
Anger at DB proposal to close Monteith’s brewery
DB Breweries proposes to close its Monteith's brewing operation in Greymouth, with the loss of seven jobs, the Greymouth Star understands.
Silence to mark 10 years since deaths
Silence to mark 10 years since deaths
Underground workers employed by the Pike River Recovery Agency will stop work to observe a silence at 3.44pm next Thursday — 10 years to the minute since the mine exploded with the loss of 29 lives.
Officer who led Jennifer Beard murder inquiry dies
Officer who led Jennifer Beard murder inquiry dies
The man who spearheaded the manhunt for the murderer of hitch-hiker Jennifer Beard in Haast 50 years ago died in Timaru last week, aged 83.
Officer who led Jennifer Beard murder inquiry dies
Officer who led Jennifer Beard murder inquiry dies
The man who spearheaded the manhunt for the murderer of hitch-hiker Jennifer Beard in Haast 50 years ago died in Timaru last week, aged 83.