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.

There is more information yet to come to light about Pike River, a victim's mother says.

Grab the wet weather gear as rain is on its way, and high winds are set to hit.

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.

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.

Police joined with local search, rescue volunteers at first light looking for the man.

The bird was thought extinct until 2013 when sightings prompted it to be reclassified.

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.

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.

GNS said it could be a delayed aftershock from 1994.

Another witness has reported seeing strange lights over Greymouth last week.

A 33-year-old man has been charged after an axe attack in Greymouth.

The teen was attacked from behind by an unknown male, police say.

Pike River families say a commitment to leave the coal mine unsealed and inspect it with drone technology falls short of their requests, but is still "very positive".

The daily picket by mine families and supporters has resulted in West Coast contractors refusing to do the sealing work.