The Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled that using the Taser on the man was a breach of policy, and that policy should be reviewed.

Man killed while taking part in Street Races went everywhere with his parrot Reggie who squawked and flapped when his best mate crashed and later died.

The Labour weekend road toll stands at two today, after a woman critically injured in a Paekakariki crash died in hospital.

The Labour weekend road toll stands at one tonight after an early-morning crash in Auckland today. A motorcyclist was also killed

The person was critically injured in the crash at Greymouth Motorcycle Street Races, and died on their way to hospital.

Raw sewage poured out of the sewer outlet of a Greymouth river to the disgust of whitebaiters fishing on a Sunday afternoon.

Five people have been charged after the "aggressive robbery" of several overseas tourists in campervans parked in Greymouth.

The mother of Trent O'Connell - who was 17 when he died on State Highway 7 on October 9 last year - recalls that day.

Three teenagers have been arrested over a spate of attacks on tourists and thefts from campervans on the West Coast.

It was 75 years ago this month that West Coast farmer Stanley Graham killed for the first time. A total of seven people would be dead before he was caught.

The West Coast rugby player who underwent emergency brain surgery after collapsing straight after a Heartland Championship match against

A Westport driver caught driving while disqualified for the 15th time has been sentenced to Community detention, supervision and community work in lieu of disqualification.

The skipper of a commercial fishing boat admitted failing to scare seabirds away and may have cost his employer his vessel.

A family escaped a blaze in their two-storey Greymouth home.

A West Coast cage fighter who was arrested for assault and then left in handcuffs for more than eight hours was not treated with humanity, the police watchdog has found.

A house fire in Franklin St yesterday afternoon, caused by a faulty washing machine, would have been far worse were it not for working smoke alarms.

A Government-initiated study has recommended fuller investigation "to clarify once and for all" if the Haast to Hollyford Road is viable.

A French hitchhiker who spent four days trying to get a lift out of the West Coast without success plead guilty to damaging road signs.

Two young men have been charged with supplying alcohol to a minor in relation to the tragic death of a Hokitika teenager following an alcohol-fuelled party.

A man was taken to hospital after being beaten up with a baseball bat outside a South Island cemetery.

A West Coast woman convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old boy and jailed for three years can now be named.

Passengers on both the Tranz Alpine and the visiting Silver Fern railcar faced travel disruptions today after a derailment at Omoto early this morning.

Charges stem from an incident involving two people who were collecting pounamu from the bed of the Arahura River, near man's home at Milltown.

It was slim pickings for Greymouth whitebaiter Peter Almond on the Grey River this morning.

Police on lookout for cheeky criminals who took DIY to the next level .

A fire fighter was lowered into the natural limestone shaft - just 40cm wide - to rescue Middy who had been missing since Saturday.

Challenges facing the dairy industry are taking their toll on farmers, Federated Farmers West Coast provincial president Peter Langford says.

A Government-led bid to free New Zealand of predators by 2050 was repudiated today by the Ban 1080 Party as "justification for another 34 years of spreading 1080".

Wild weather yesterday aggravated coastal erosion at Cobden, with the car park at Jellyman Park now closed as a precaution due to the encroaching sea.

A West Coast woman is in custody after being found guilty of 11 charges involving sexual offences against her stepson.