Vet says in the past two weeks unvaccinated dogs in the town had been hit hard by the deadly parvovirus.

After working undercover in the drug and gang scene, retiring Police Assoc boss says he relied on rugby, possum trapping and the West Coast to sort out his head.

Up to 30 West Coast patients won't get scheduled surgery or outpatient consultations next week as a result of the junior doctors' strike.

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

Veteran anti-1080 protester Pete Lusk successfully argued to have his bail conditions changed.

Man faced charges of assault with a weapon, assault, intentional damage, resisting arrest and using threatening language.

A Hokitika minister has been elected Bishop of Te Waipounamu in the Anglican Maori Church.

An old railway house at Otira razed by fire early today was not insured.

In the absolute silence of deep underground, Bronwyn Sell experiences true darkness - and the beauty it conceals.

Police have recovered the body of a man who has died after falling from a ridge line on the West Coast last night.

A man has died after falling from a ridgeline on the West Coast tonight. Police said the man, who had been on a hunting trip with

Federated Farmers says "feral" anti-1080 activists are worse than the pests.

A trio of tourists who went for a walk up to Kings Park to view the sunset became lost and had to call the police to help them down.

A West Coast man who admitted illegally mining gold on his own property has been discharged without conviction.

Solid Energy's chairman says his board has done its best for the West Coast and he's fed up with continual criticism from the region.

Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn proposes uplifting the memorial to pioneer West Coast surveyor George Dobson.

Hokitika postal services are in line for another dramatic overhaul next month, when the posties will be replaced with a contractor. Long-term

Strong forward bookings into summer have been welcomed by West Coast hotel and motel owners, who say the peak season is starting earlier

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.

Multiple aerial 1080 drops have taken place in the northern Buller area over recent weeks.

Solid Energy's new owner or owners may be known by the end of this month.

Three men armed with a gun held up a 17-year-old living at premises attached to the dairy late Sunday night and beat him.

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

Fish and Game says it wants DoC to do more to reduce the threat 1080 poison poses to people gathering food from waterways.

Brogan Watt fell ill immediately after West Coast's 62-28 loss to Poverty Bay.

Teen threatened at gunpoint by three men wearing fancy dress and wigs during dairy robbery.

An endangered penguin has been returned to the wild after being treated for abdominal wounds at Wellington Zoo.

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

A West Coast woman who was unlawfully locked up in a police cell for nearly a whole day and a night says she's been left traumatised.

The Granity bus shelter reported missing last week was never stolen.