Westport police say they do not have enough evidence to lay charges over allegations 1080 protestors damaged a Department of Conservation staff member's car.

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.

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.

Civil Aviation has given grounded South Westland helicopter company Alpine Adventures the green light to fly again.

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.

The tourist who said New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand" faces more charges.

The West Coast Regional Council has quietly sunk a further $205,000 into the Rolleston 1080 poison bait plant.

Police agree moving the bus shelter would have been a logistical challenge and had no idea how it was taken.

Buller people may know by Christmas when they'll get a new integrated family health centre to replace Buller Hospital and Buller Health Medical Centre.

The tale of the frustrated French hitchhiker who waited for four days in Punakaiki has proved a boon for the West Coast town and continues to generate overseas attention.

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.

Frustrated Frenchman who made international headlines after being stranded in Punakaiki for four days has left vastly different impressions on his travels.

The French hitchhiker stuck for four days at a tiny West Coast town says he will hitch a lift to his next court appearance.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy today released a detailed report on the Coast's economy.

Steven Joyce and Nathan Guy release detailed report which outlines significant potential to attract new investment on West Coast.

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.

A Frenchman whose attempts to hitch-hike out of the West Coast landed him in court says New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand". Cedric

Frustrated French hitchhiker ended up in handcuffs after road signs were hurled into the Punakaiki River and locals were abused.

Former Hokitika woman Michelle Blok picked up an Emmy at the recent 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles.

Nine years after Westpower first proposed a hydro-electricity scheme on the Waitaha River, the Department of Conservation said it had given approval in principle.

Police have found a body within the scene of the commercial premises destroyed by fire last night at Franz Josef.