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.

The sale of Holcim's Buller assets has created "massive" interest from prospective buyers, says the company handling the sale process.

Daniel Scheepers appeared in the Greymouth District Court yesterday charged with contravening the Minerals Act.

'Women in the North Island are more cut-throat, more competitive,' says reality TV star during visit down south.

A DoC programme to boost numbers of the world's rarest kiwi has been so successful they are now running out of room in the forest.

Beekeeper charged with bringing cocaine into Australia has applied to go to detention centre if he gets bail.

Development West Coast doubled its business loans in the past year to $14.4 million.

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

A cyclist has died following an accident on State Highway 6 near Aratuna early this morning.

Two rental cars were broken into and $25,000 worth of cash and property stolen at Hokitika Gorge on Saturday.

A young girl raped by a West Coast farm worker who fled to Australia days before his trial fears he will come looking for her once he's served his 10-year jail term.

An injured Brit who spent two freezing nights under ferns in rugged West Coast bush says he survived on just an apple.

Alpine rescuers search near Mount Bovis for the man, dressed only for a day tramp, who has been missing since Saturday.

A search and rescue is underway for a 28-year-old English man who has been missing at Paparoa National Park since Saturday night.

Most financial advisers mention just one KiwiSaver scheme when they give advice.

The pressure is on the Westland District Council from the Environment Court to address non-compliance issues at its Franz Josef Glacier waste water treatment plant.

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

Westland Milk Products has appointed an Australian woman to lead the dairy co-operative's business.

Westland Milk Products has appointed Toni Brendish as its new chief executive.

A man whose brain cancer was misdiagnosed as depression is fed up waiting for answers from the West Coast District Health Board (WCDHB).

The unusual warmth that dominated our climate last summer has had alarmingly apparent impacts on the South Island's postcard glaciers and mountain snowlines.

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.

To celebrate 75 years of women in the police force, Westport News speaks to a former officer and another still on the beat.

Twelve weeks after racism complaints were laid with the West Coast Rugby Union, NZR officials will be on the Coast to investigate ahead of Saturday's club rugby final.

The lessee of Punakaiki Beach Camp is worried the camp may not last the winter, as more rough seas batter the West Coast.

St John had only about half the number of volunteers it needed to ensure a frontline ambulance crew on West Coast.

Pokemon players could provide the police with vital information after a robbery in central Greymouth.

Fate will see two rugby adversaries already at loggerheads with each other over alleged on-field racism, square off this weekend.

Expressions of interest closed yesterday in Holcim's Westport assets.

A line of severe thunderstorms has Greymouth on high alert this morning.