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Tourists still in dark over $2500 charge
Two French tourists whose hired camper van was struck by a landslide on never heard back from Wicked Campers about why the pair were charged more than $2500.
Two French tourists whose hired camper van was struck by a landslide on never heard back from Wicked Campers about why the pair were charged more than $2500.
A 17-year-old Westport boy who was poked with an electric cattle prod after he drank too much and flaked out, spent yesterday in hospital, recovering from the combination of his over-imbibing and the prod.
The two French tourists caught in a slip in the lower Buller Gorge a fortnight ago believe they have been unfairly charged an excess of $2000 for damage to their rental camper.
A 44-year-old Westport man who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography was convicted and sentenced to two months’ home detention and 250 hours of community service.
A 21-year-old Westport woman sold $12,000 of furniture -including a couch and fridge - from the furnished house she was renting.
Torrential rain which caused flooding and forced the closure of schools and roads across the West Coast has eased, but more heavy rain is forecast for tomorrow.
A teenager who died when a car he was travelling in crashed down a steep bank has today been named by police.
Twenty people have rescued an American tourist from a West Coast cave after the woman suffered a suspected broken leg yesterday.
A man who attempted to sexually violate a tourist in Westport in June has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison, without parole.
The toddler who drowned in a shallow pond on a farm near Westport has been named. She was 21-month-old Anamiek Manshande.
A 21-month-old girl was playing outside her Westport home before she died after falling into a farm pond yesterday, police said.
A man ran to Westport District Court in gumboots yesterday so as not to miss his appearance.
A Wellington plumber has been fined $4500, following investigation into work carried out in Westport, including the installation of a hot water cylinder that blew up.
A fatal microlight crash near Westport has been blamed on the pilot breaking Civil Aviation rules.
Westport police say an 18-year-old on a quad bike who was arrested after driving around in circles on the street at 12.30am may have been trying to bait police.
Police have arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a woman in Westport last month.
A train driver was unaware that a car had crashed into the side of his coal train near Greymouth.
Westport residents showed their support for a new open-cast coal mine yesterday by decorating the town in the Buller colours of red and blue.
A Westport man has told a jury the 8.5kg of cannabis police found in his home and vehicle was all for his own use.
Bathurst Resources has cleared another hurdle in its struggle to start coal mining on the Denniston Plateau near Westport but still needs the blessing of courts and faces tough market conditions.
The origin of three flares seen off the coast of Westport last night remains a mystery after an extensive search failed to find any sign of a distressed vessel.