Fingers crossed in regard to coalition promises about Buller Hospital rebuild.

Thirty years on, ex-workers will be returning for a weekend.

The Dive Squad is resuming their search for missing boatie 22-year-old Kieran Lynch.

Worried neighbours fled early this morning as a vacant house next door erupted in flames.

Tens of thousands of by-the-wind-sailors, or velella, first appeared on Blaketown Beach.

Tens of thousands of jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on Greymouth beaches.

Researcher says new evidence discredits police informer

The road toll includes a young couple in love, a mother and daughter and a teen boy.

After a rocky couple of years Westland Milk Products is on the road to recovery.

Kiwi pensioner caught with 2.5kg of cocaine is back in NZ after being cleared by jury.

The future of the Ban 1080 Party will be reassessed after an abysmal result on Saturday.

Travel is disrupted in the capital and South Island as wild winds start ramping up.

Hokitika building "well ablaze" and fire took more than an hour to bring under control.

The coalmine that once fired Greymouth's economy will be broken up and sold by tender.

A fire has completely destroyed a helicopter hangar on the West Coast.

A body has been recovered near the wreckage of the Greymouth fishing boat Wendy J.

A helicopter is heading to the site to take the person to hospital

The Wendy J ran aground and sank after its propeller snagged on rope.

Jacinda Ardern looked a bit hesitant about a photo op involving whitewater rafting today.

The Jacinda roadshow packed out the Regent Theatre in Greymouth this morning.

Labour leader promises $20m upgrade for Buller Hospital and funding for cycle trails.

Jacinda Ardern says she refused first invitation to lead Labour.

Jacinda Ardern's campaign has taken her to the birthplace of the Labour Party.

32-year-old Dane Blake killed his 15-month-old son Leith Hutchinson in 2015.

There would be Alps. Snow. A dining car, and possibly dodgy travelling companions...

Boys were at risk of drowning in wrecked car or being swept away by swift river.

Local says the bridge was "beyond its use-by date" and there had been previous crashes.

It's going to be a wild 24 hours in the west.

"Severe weather" warning: heavy rain in parts of Gisborne and northern Hawke's Bay.

New Zealand has a high chance of seeing warmer than average temperatures this spring.