Police should not have twice Tasered a drunk West Coast man, authority rules.

Free tourist access to attractions like Punakaiki's Pancake Rocks and the Cape Foulwind seal colony is too costly for ratepayers, says Buller Mayor Garry Howard.

Buller's Old Ghost Road trail is proving so popular one of its huts is already almost booked out for the rest of the summer.

The Franz Josef Glacier heliport is among the busiest in the country with up to one helicopter movement every minute at the peak of season.

Kiwis cautioned after brazen robbery in Bali leaves West Coast woman without passport, travel documents, phone and money cards.

Actor and film director Ian Mune slammed the Government today as he joined protesters at the Pike River Mine entrance.

A Hari Hari woman has branched into tourism with a "floating golf" challenge at the man-made Ross Lake, in the historic Westland gold town.

Well-known director and actor Ian Mune has joined the Pike River families on their picket line.

Hundreds of tourists are milling around downtown Greymouth at weekends and evenings.

A director of the West Coast water export company - which finds itself at the centre of a public maelstrom 25 years after resource

Three people were injured, one critically, in a two-car collision late yesterday near Lyell, reducing State Highway 6 through the

Victim was allegedly struck around the side of the head with a heavy drinking vessel after argument between friends.

Alpine Pure last year renewed its consents with the West Coast Regional Council, and has applied to do the same with the Westland District Council.

My observant husband spotted the American actor Harvey Keitel in the crowd at an outdoor opera event.

Film stars Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, Australian actor Isla Fisher, were among the happy campers at Punakaiki over the Christmas season.

There is so far no end in sight to the bad summer weather being experienced on the West Coast.

Controversial pipeline would carry water under land and the seabed, pumped into ocean tankers.

Harbourmaster not happy after rescuing then being abused by a local yachtie who attempted to cross the closed Westport bar on New Year's Day.

A laser light was pointed at a trans-Tasman jet flying over Greymouth last evening.

DoC says there is significant arsenic, mercury and cyanide contamination of the soil at the Alexander River mine site.

Nineteen men were killed in the explosion at the mine near Runanga on January 19, 1967.

A weak cold front will bring cloud, drizzle and showers to the country over the next few days but should clear in time for New Year celebrations.

Bridget McMenamin worked on the Lisa Blakie murder inquiry. She has launched a Facebook page to investigate the 2000 case again.

Hokitika will see out one of its wettest years in 150 years of records, with the equivalent of two months of additional rain.

A 77-year-old man suffered suspected fractured ribs when he was knocked off his push bike in Kilgour Road, Greymouth, this morning.

Police officers found a gun in the car of a man making threats at Buller Hospital last night.

Two Westport men will appear in court next month on charges of possession and use of methamphetamine and cannabis following a police raid yesterday.

Coalminer Bathurst Resources is being sued for US$40 million by L&M Coal Holdings.

After extensive fire damage the Greymouth fishing boat Te Aroha has risen from the ashes and is back trawling off the West Coast.

Ross pensioner Sam Viney already has the NZCC Rescue Helicopter to thank for saving his life - more than once - and now he has 10,000 more reasons to thank the rescue service.