The Dive Squad is resuming their search for missing boatie 22-year-old Kieran Lynch.

Worried neighbours fled early this morning as a vacant house next door erupted in flames.

Tens of thousands of by-the-wind-sailors, or velella, first appeared on Blaketown Beach.

Tens of thousands of jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on Greymouth beaches.

After a rocky couple of years Westland Milk Products is on the road to recovery.

The 1941 Stan Graham shootings remain the greatest single loss of police in New Zealand.

Kiwi pensioner caught with 2.5kg of cocaine is back in NZ after being cleared by jury.

Name suppression for man facing historic sex offence charges.

Greymouth fisherman still unaccounted for after the Wendy J sank 12 days.

The man who ordered his dog to attack a Greymouth publican has been sent to prison.

No further clues have yet emerged of the whereabouts of the two missing crew members.

Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, he took shelter in a bush and drank from a nearby creek.

The search for two boaties missing since Thursday near Smoothwater Bay continues today

The Wendy J ran aground and sank after its propeller snagged on rope.

Jacinda Ardern looked a bit hesitant about a photo op involving whitewater rafting today.

The Jacinda roadshow packed out the Regent Theatre in Greymouth this morning.

Labour leader promises $20m upgrade for Buller Hospital and funding for cycle trails.

32-year-old Dane Blake killed his 15-month-old son Leith Hutchinson in 2015.

Grey district councillors shocked at the state of parts of the CBD during a town walk.

West Coast Whitebaiters have their nets ready for the season opening tomorrow morning.

The West Coast has seen booms and busts but the beer has been flowing for 150 years.

Kiwi charged with smuggling cocaine to Australia fell for an online scam, his lawyer says.

The 46-year-old was riding his motorbike when he was in a crash with another motorbike.

Bat attack that caused brain damage showed "extreme violence without provocation".

He was the "good-looking" all-rounder as remembered by former classmates

Neighbours recall tale of woman who jumped to her death in 1967 after killing her husband.

West Coast trio who bashed and left a man for dead, were jailed yesterday.

The 15-year-old hadn't been seen since Tuesday.

A man has been arrested after allegedly robbing a petrol station with a samurai sword.

Second South Island highway closed after major incident.