Two young kea have died after suspected car surfing at Deaths Corner in the Otira Gorge.

In a show of holiday spirit, Greymouth residents have rallied to help a boy who lost his Christmas money when he went to spend it on Boxing Day.

A Greymouth family is in ruins following a road crash that claimed the lives of a mother and her teenage son.

Elisabeth Easther discovers a small town in the heart of the West Coast.

A group of tourists had some unexpected excitement on the West Coast when their bus slid into a ditch after being stopped for a police check.

A major slip has completely blocked off the road between Omoto and Greymouth this morning.

A West Coast woman who told a court she could only afford to pay $2 a week to her former landlord was caught out trying to buy $62 of cigarettes by a judge at the supermarket.

A whitebaiter feared he was about to drown when a flash flood swamped his caravan and vehicle in the Taramakau River bed early this morning.

Kiwi Bank was today red-faced after discovering that highly confidential documents had been handed across the counter to a member of the public at the Greymouth branch.

A police guard has been set up outside a derelict Greymouth house that was the target of a suspected arson attack early today.