West Coast

The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board is backing a move by the government to ban the sale of moa bones.

Both tahr and deer numbers are now spiralling out of control in Westland, according to Conservation Authority member, Dr Gerry McSweeney.

The West Coast wishlist of flood protection schemes looks set to be granted - at least in part after the government announced a $210 million investment in climate resilience.

A West Coast iwi leader says the region's new combined district plan is a chance for councils to crack down in a more consistent way on problems caused by freedom campers.

TranzAlpine train services will be running again between Christchurch and Greymouth next month, but the move has left supporters of Dunedin Railways fuming.

The Transport Agency has done a U-turn on its plan to close the South Island's Arthur's Pass to drivers until snow and ice is cleared.

After speaking with the Conservation Ministry Eugenie Sage, a West Coast gold miner says he's hopeful mining could be allowed on conservation land.

Tourism on the West Coast is receiving a boost with nearly $18 million for visitor hubs with digital displays telling the region's story.

West Coast residents say plastic waste is becoming strewn along their beaches, because councils haven't monitored a landfill near Fox Glacier that spilled into floodwater last March. Video

A military robot that was lost in the Pike River drift five days after the mine exploded has been recovered.

Running out of food during the Covid-19 lockdown was the reason most Coasters called the Civil Defence hotline for help, it has emerged.

Fiordland's regional tourism organisation is repositioning itself to attract more New Zealanders to visit.

The Government plans to spend $15.7 million to eradicate predators around Lake Brunner/ Kotuku Whakaoho in the South Island.

DOC rangers have found the Okarito gecko, a lizard species last encountered decades ago, on the West Coast.

Hokitika township must start planning to move back from the coast, West Coast councillor Stuart Challenger says.

In 2017, a scientist advised removing a West Coast beachfront car park, saying it was making erosion worse. He was ignored, and then storms washed it away.

Climate change caused by human activity, sea-level rise and the need to prepare for it - it is all a load of hogwash, the chairman of the West Coast Regional Council says.

Westport locals are describing a dire shortage of rental properties in their town, despite dozens of vacant houses and more than 100 rooms listed on Airbnb.

Minister for Regional Economic Development Shane Jones has told West Coast councils that DOC stewardship land will be open for business if New Zealand First has any say in it after the election.