West Coast

A West Coast gold mine exploration venture that was injecting $500,000 a year into the local economy has been shut down by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

A number of Pike River families and supporters have begun protesting at the site of the mine this morning against the government's decision to close the recovery project.

As West Coast ratepayers face the shock of hefty rate increases this year, the four councils explain why the hikes are necessary.

The 68-year-old South Island woman reported missing near Kumara has been found and is safe.

A man whose car went into a West Coast river this morning has died.

The South Westland town of Franz Josef has survived floods and earthquakes but the lack of international tourists due to border restrictions has forced many of the town's businesses into closure or…

Police have responded to the concerns of a West Coast whānau that their son was singled out for attention because he was Māori.

A fire that destroyed a house in the West Coast town of Cobden on Wednesday is being treated as suspicious.

Councils are supposed to have adopted their long-term plans by 30 June. The draft West Coast Regional Council plan has not even been finalised yet, let alone put out for consultation and adopted.

A study of Māori living on the West Coast has found racial bigotry is alive and well in the region and poses a challenge for whānau trying to raise healthy, confident children.

Moves to protect New Zealand's biodiversity have West Coast farmers feeling under attack as they're dictated to over what they can do with their land. Are they carrying the can for the rest of us?  

A report on the risk of the West Coast Regional Council headquarters collapsing in an earthquake might make staff eat lunch at their desks.

West Coast mayors are calling for a halt to identifying significant natural areas (SNAs) on private land, after suggestions that the process could be paused in the Far North.

Cycling and bike trails are important but trucks are the region's lifeline, the regional council chair says.

The acting chief executive of the West Coast Regional Council, Heather Mabin, has been given authority to sign off on loan documents in the continuing absence of council chief executive Vin Smith.