West Coast

More than $40,000 has been raised for the whānau of a Franz Josef man involved in a plane crash as they await the delayed recovery operation.

Efforts are underway to establish if a body found at Cape Foulwind is a man who went missing at Maruia Falls in June.

Granity residents have been called to a surprise briefing after the Buller District Council commissioned a geological report on landslide risk following a heavy rainfall event in February.

Wind is causing havoc across the central South Island, downing trees and closing roads and ski fields.

The all-weather, all-tide trail between the Buller Bridge and Toki Poutangata Bridge allow pedestrians and cyclists to complete the link from Westport to Carters Beach, Tauranga Bay and beyond.

The West Coast Regional Council has been criticised by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) after an audit of the 2021-31 long-term plan.

Maps marred by embarrassing technical glitches have put a dampener on the launch of the new draft combined district plan for the West Coast.

Some West Coast landowners are reeling after receiving letters informing them of new legal planning rules affecting their land - leaving the Te Tai o Poutini Plan Committee scrambling today to…

A body has been found following a house fire in Cobden, just north of Greymouth on the West Coast this morning.

The road will re-open to a single lane tomorrow, three days after it was closed due to a major rockfall.

The hearing for the proposed private plan change to rezone 287 hectares in the Maitai Valley begun last week with the plan's applicant and the public delivering arguments for and against the plan.

West Coast iwi will be opposing extension of national parks in the region through the stewardship land review process, the West Coast Regional Council has heard.

West Coast Regional Council members have called for greater clarity for landowners doing their own emergency flood works.

The assurance comes as DOC embarks on its annual 1080 pest control programme on the West Coast which is "quite large".

Best of 2022 - This April, volunteers from all over Aotearoa headed to South Westland to clear gorse from the shores of the stunning Ōkārito Lagoon.

The four West Coast councils have joined forces to help save construction and demolition waste from going to landfill.

As concern rises over a spate of kea deaths, people who come across the protected birds are being urged not to feed them. Audio

Tourists may get the chance to clear gorse from native bush to make a hands-on contribution to the West Coast.