A commercial fisherman is to be prosecuted and faces a fine of up to $100,000 after dozens of albatrosses were killed during a fishing trip.

A rugby club is defaulting on a match today to protest against the West Coast Rugby Union failing to act on complaints about alleged

Police pushing good news while choosing which bad news to tell the public equates to police censorship, says the West Coast's former top cop.

Westport cop has quit following the West Coast police restructure.

High needs people moving in - or being moved - to Buller are pushing some local services to breaking point.

The West Coast's top cop says telling the public about police responding to crime is the "old school way of thinking".

DOC had to shoot a fur seal pup after someone put it on the back of a motorbike while skylarking on the Hokitika beach

Eleven-year-old Elli McLaughlan says smoke alarms save lives after a fire started by an electric blanket on her bed gutted her family's home in Westport yesterday.

Critics of proposed link between West Coast and Milford Sound say $250 million costing should be more like $2 billion.

Andrew Durant was convicted of a charge of procuring other drugs, after being caught fossicking for magic mushrooms.

A small West Coast community has rallied around the parents of baby Emily Saunders who was swept into a swollen river as the search continues for her body.

A rock which is rarer than pounamu and found only in South Westland, is to be investigated to see if it can be sold commercially.

A woman working on a farm owned by her father and stepmother was forced to leave after a heated argument.

Police this evening announced they would no longer search for the body of the 2-year-old girl, who was swept away down the Poerua River last Thursday.

The search for missing two-year-old Emily Saunders has been put on hold until river conditions change.

The family of missing toddler Emily Saunders thanked the community for their support, calling the community's response to their family's tragedy "incredible."

Toddler was swept away while car she was in crossed West Coast river.

Bad weather means the search won't continue today for a 2-year-old washed away by strong currents in a West Coast river.

The search for two people whose vehicle plunged into a river near Hari Hari on the West Coast was suspended last night due to poor weather.

Majority of community members oppose proposals by regional council to fund sea wall extension via targetted rates hike.

The number of West Coast orthopaedic patients transferred to Christchurch has skyrocketed despite assurances "less than a dozen" would occur each year.

A West Coast farm worker who fled to Australia after being charged with the rape of a young girl has today been found guilty on all charges.

Solid Energy, which is being broken up and sold, has applied for consent to start a small mine near Reefton, allowing it to retain staff.

Labour's West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor won't say whether he supports the new agreement between Labour and the Greens.

Feathers fly after native birds damage vehicles and property in Haast - even the police 4x4 was attacked.

The area has just endured its wettest May ever, smashing a 139-year-old record.

The Government today top-up after subcontractor prices came back higher than expected.

A job subsidy scheme aimed at providing 20 new jobs in Buller over two years is underway.

Six-metre swells and heavy rain have taken off another half-a-metre of beach frontage near Punakaiki Beach Camp