Man admits charges after ordering his dog to savagely attack publican in West Coast bar

Three lucky West Coast fishermen survived an early-morning liferaft ordeal in heavy seas.

A mayday call was set off as the fishing boat headed towards shore.

Tyke the tabby has not stopped purring since being found after a long two and a half years

Greymouth bar manager taken to hospital after man sets dog on him.

Vandals slashed the tyres of 30 vehicles in Greymouth, and carved up two sports fields.

For 'insult to charity and community' man must pay back 10 times the amount he stole.

Video taken inside the Pike River mine drift four months after deadly explosion.

Young man admitted supplying alcohol to Mitchell Heward who died after a drinking game.

A young rock climber who died tragically on Monday recently told of his love of climbing.

Police have released the name of a man who died after a crash near Greymouth on Thursday

A builder's apprentice died in an accident while repiling a bach.

A young man died in an incident while repiling a house on Oneone Rd, Harihari.

18-year-old builder killed in workplace accident on remote West Coast property.

Convicted sex offender Brent John Carpenter living at controversial Gloriavale commune.

Leukaemia victim needs to take seven morphine tablets daily to alleviate pain.

A Grey District councillor is mystified about the leak of a personal letter to the mayor.

The train's recent buyer only interested in the land it sits on the head of Lake Wakatipu.

Cass Square took a hammering from two recent big events in the rain.

St John volunteers in shock after station put on the market without their knowledge.

The $410,000 water contracts are on hold for now amid questions about the company.

At a special meeting, only the mayor opposed allowing shops to open for commerce.

Poor weather may have contributed to 11 per cent slip.

Two contracts for $401k were awarded to a firm which also got an $8.5m contract for a plant at Franz Josef.

The Grey District Council has voted to allow Easter Sunday trading.

A man has been charged with indecent assault at a makeshift Wildfoods Festival campground in Hokitika.

"What I saw was beyond a joke. I ran out on to the road waving my arms and yelling, trying to get them to stop."

Credit Union South has confirmed the closure of its last West Coast branch, in Greymouth, from the end of the month.

A woman who stole a cellphone from the Greymouth Courthouse office stood in the court dock yesterday to admit the theft.

A jetboater has gone viral on social media after posting a misadventure in his boat on Facebook.