New ZealandBoxing Day kindnessIn 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.27 Dec 09:48 PM
New ZealandTwo dead in West Coast car crashA Greymouth family is in ruins following a road crash that claimed the lives of a mother and her teenage son.16 Dec 03:20 AM
New ZealandLeap onto car roof to avoid being hitA man had to leap on to a car roof to avoid being run over by another car which subsequently smashed through a concrete power pole and careered into a Blaketown house.05 Dec 02:36 AM
TravelKia ora: GreymouthElisabeth Easther discovers a small town in the heart of the West Coast.14 Nov 08:30 PM
New ZealandTourist bus slides into ditchA 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.01 Nov 02:15 AM
New ZealandMajor slip blocks road between Omoto and GreymouthA major slip has completely blocked off the road between Omoto and Greymouth this morning.24 Oct 06:32 PM
New ZealandCaught out in a supermarket queueA 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.27 Sep 11:27 PM
New ZealandWhitebaiter caught in flash flood: 'I thought I was going to die'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.20 Sep 03:59 AM
New ZealandBank hands over confidential detailsKiwi 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.18 Sep 04:25 AM
New ZealandPolice guard Greymouth house after suspected arsonA police guard has been set up outside a derelict Greymouth house that was the target of a suspected arson attack early today.03 Sep 07:11 PM
New Zealand'Granddad' molester preys on new victimA woman has spoken of the horror of discovering that the elderly man all the local kids called 'granddad' was a convicted molester that had targeted her daughter.08 Aug 02:31 AM
New ZealandMan rams mum, child on high bluffA West Coast man could have killed or maimed a woman and her young son when he tailgated and then rammed her car high on a bluff on a winding road, a court has heard.18 Jul 06:37 AM