The Pike River Royal Commission of Inquiry will not be reopened for more evidence and there will be no delay in the commission's report being published, a court has ruled.

Community services buckle under the strain of the mining industry's fly-in, fly-out 'parasites', say observers.

West Coast miners will march through Greymouth today in a fight to keep the Spring Creek mine open. Organisers hope 500 people will join the march, in what could be the biggest protest on the West Coast since the end of native logging.

Could seabed mining boost our economy, or are we out of our depth?