The future of the Ban 1080 Party will be reassessed after an abysmal result on Saturday.

Hokitika building "well ablaze" and fire took more than an hour to bring under control.

Boys were at risk of drowning in wrecked car or being swept away by swift river.

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

Withdraw of some students from NCEA put James Cook High School under statutory management.

Westland High School's students have declared a lack of confidence in senior leaders.

After defying the odds, Gari, a Fiordland Crested Penguin, will make Australia home.

Two Hokitika men had a lucky escape from a fiery microlight crash on Saturday.

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

Credit Union South has confirmed the closure of its last West Coast branch, in Greymouth, from the end of the month.

A Westland District Council staff member is at the centre of an SFO probe.

Jobs are expected to go at the Hokitika dairy factory as Westland Milk Products starts a company-wide review.

The Local Government Commission's review of the structure of local government on the West Coast is a "complete waste of money", says Westland Mayor Bruce Smith.

West Coast-born New Zealand reggae-roots band Salmonella Dub has been named as the headline act for the Wildfoods Festival in March.

The worst of the West Coast's wet weather should be over by dawn tomorrow, says Hokitika weather observer Mark Crompton.

A museum replica of the Seddon family homestead that once stood in Kumara has been suggested for the historic site.

A Hari Hari woman has branched into tourism with a "floating golf" challenge at the man-made Ross Lake, in the historic Westland gold town.

The West Coast has held on to its dubious record as the wettest place in New Zealand, albeit in the Southern Alps.

Hokitika will see out one of its wettest years in 150 years of records, with the equivalent of two months of additional rain.

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

After six years of uncertainty, the Westland District Council yesterday dropped the controversial "fault rupture avoidance zone" that divided Franz Josef Glacier township.

Hokitika woman Lisa Tumahai yesterday stepped into the top role of the billion-dollar Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.

Heritage New Zealand is working to have a decaying tree felled from the historic site of the Seddon family home, in Kumara.

A decision on whether the Department of Conservation will allow the Waitaha River power scheme will be made by mid-2017.

Water supply levels in both Franz Josef and Fox Glacier are being monitored as the tourist season ramps up again.

Submissions from all over New Zealand have poured in opposing Westpower's Waitaha River power scheme, forcing a four-day hearing in Hokitika next week.

Hokitika's relocated Pioneer Statue is back in the news again.

New Westland Mayor Bruce Smith, only a week into the job, has been caught out after delivering a speech using the plagiarised words of the US President.

West Coast author Wendy Scott has picked up a second international award for her teen novel Hieroglyph.

Emergency works to reclaim the Hokitika spit, which is rapidly being eroded by the sea, are set to start this week.