West Coast

An injured tramper who ran out of food six days ago has been rescued from a remote back country hut on the West Coast.

A nearly $300,000 resilience project to ensure the West Coast is strategically connected in the event of a full-scale civil defence emergency is ramping up.

The West Coast is trying to entice health workers keen for a bit more adventure in their lives to become Coasters.

The confusing structure of the region's civil defence organisation has been questioned by West Coast Regional councillors.

The Buller Gorge will close overnight next week for road maintenance and lane marking.

The inquiry into the removal of a fossil from where it lay at the mouth of the Little Wanganui River for 23 million years until someone hacked it out with a rock saw has stepped up a notch.

The Waiho River is severely threatening one of the area's largest farms, its farmer says.

The Department of Conservation says it will be ramping up control of feral goats on the West Coast.

Cabinet has still not seen the business case for a $56 million flood protection scheme for Westport.

Rain is setting in, with more than a month's worth of rain forecast to lash the region in the next 24 hours. Audio

The first stage of the much anticipated $12 million Waiho River flood protection project is expected to begin this week.

Severe rain warnings are being issued for parts of the South Island with flooding and slips possible in some areas.

Ngāi Tahu board member Rob Wilson proposes considering the usefulness of possums for the local economy with an incentive for hunters to help control their numbers.

Much of the Department of Conservation's national predator control work in 2023 will be concentrated on the West Coast, and most of that by way of aerial 1080 poison.

Ongoing staffing pressures has again delayed the reopening of 24-hour acute care in Westport.

Authorities are investigating the removal of a locally treasured whale fossil from the mouth of the Little Wanganui River, near Karamea.

West Coast Regional Council chief executive drops bombshell at inaugural meeting, giving notice of her intention to leave.

Working from home could prove difficult - but the daily commute might involve a jet boat or helicopter ride. And your direct reports would include some of the world's rarest creatures.

A Westland District councillor has tended his resignation 10 days after being voted in, saying doing the job would compromise his personal beliefs.