Latest from Greymouth

Reward for living kokako reaches $10,000

The bird was thought extinct until 2013 when sightings prompted it to be reclassified.

Wet weather ruins rugby field

Cass Square took a hammering from two recent big events in the rain.

Shock as ambulance station for sale

St John volunteers in shock after station put on the market without their knowledge.

Closed doors on cake decorator's contracts

The $410,000 water contracts are on hold for now amid questions about the company.

Greymouth retailers can open on Easter

At a special meeting, only the mayor opposed allowing shops to open for commerce.

Wildfoods Festival sees attendance slump

Poor weather may have contributed to 11 per cent slip.

Cake decorator's water contracts on hold

Two contracts for $401k were awarded to a firm which also got an $8.5m contract for a plant at Franz Josef.

Grey District to allow Easter trading

The Grey District Council has voted to allow Easter Sunday trading.

Wildfoods Fest: Indecent assault charges

A man has been charged with indecent assault at a makeshift Wildfoods Festival campground in Hokitika.

PM: Pike River mine will not be sealed

Pike River families say a commitment to leave the coal mine unsealed and inspect it with drone technology falls short of their requests, but is still "very positive".

Pike River sealing deadline pushed out

The daily picket by mine families and supporters has resulted in West Coast contractors refusing to do the sealing work.

Man tells SIS: 'You spy, you die'

A man who admitted saying, "you spy, you die" during a phone call to the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been convicted.

Bring your toothbrush next time — judge

About 40 per cent of offenders sentenced to community work in Greymouth do not bother turning up, the Greymouth District Court heard last week.

Emotional silent protest at Pike River

Twenty-nine figures stood in silence on the Pike River Mine access road this morning - each decked out in overalls, work boots, miner's helmets and the name tags of the 29 men who died in the 2010 mine disaster.

'West Coast rail link out for six weeks'

KiwiRail is offering full refunds to Tranz Alpine passengers as it anticipates the fire-hit rail link between Canterbury and the West Coast could be out for at least six weeks.

'I think people are looking for you'

An English visitor who found Shelley Crooks six weeks after she was reported missing describes the moment the pair met on a West Coast track.

PM to meet Pike River Mine families

Pike River Mine families have been granted a meeting with PM Bill English, on February 15, as Parliamentary committee considers sealing of mine.

How Crooks survived six weeks in bush

An outdoors survival expert says water and shelter were the keys to staying alive for unexpected and lengthy times in the bush.