Development West Coast doubled its business loans in the past year to $14.4 million.

Police on lookout for cheeky criminals who took DIY to the next level .

A cyclist has died following an accident on State Highway 6 near Aratuna early this morning.

A farmer who claims that locals are trying to drive him out of his small West Coast community is now facing a threatening to kill charge.

The Fox Glacier School roll has fallen to five, its lowest number in over 20 years when the village school was briefly closed.

Two rental cars were broken into and $25,000 worth of cash and property stolen at Hokitika Gorge on Saturday.

A young girl raped by a West Coast farm worker who fled to Australia days before his trial fears he will come looking for her once he's served his 10-year jail term.

An injured Brit who spent two freezing nights under ferns in rugged West Coast bush says he survived on just an apple.

Alpine rescuers search near Mount Bovis for the man, dressed only for a day tramp, who has been missing since Saturday.

The pressure is on the Westland District Council from the Environment Court to address non-compliance issues at its Franz Josef Glacier waste water treatment plant.

Challenges facing the dairy industry are taking their toll on farmers, Federated Farmers West Coast provincial president Peter Langford says.

Westland Milk Products has appointed an Australian woman to lead the dairy co-operative's business.

Karamea School students got a lesson on the power of nature today, after lightning struck the school during lunchtime.

Serving the women of the Buller District has been an absolute privilege, but it's time to move on, says Kawatiri Birthing Unit manager Correen Haslett.

Westland Milk Products has appointed Toni Brendish as its new chief executive.

A man whose brain cancer was misdiagnosed as depression is fed up waiting for answers from the West Coast District Health Board (WCDHB).

The unusual warmth that dominated our climate last summer has had alarmingly apparent impacts on the South Island's postcard glaciers and mountain snowlines.

Wild weather yesterday aggravated coastal erosion at Cobden, with the car park at Jellyman Park now closed as a precaution due to the encroaching sea.

The lessee of Punakaiki Beach Camp is worried the camp may not last the winter, as more rough seas batter the West Coast.

St John had only about half the number of volunteers it needed to ensure a frontline ambulance crew on West Coast.

Pokemon players could provide the police with vital information after a robbery in central Greymouth.

Fate will see two rugby adversaries already at loggerheads with each other over alleged on-field racism, square off this weekend.

Expressions of interest closed yesterday in Holcim's Westport assets.

A line of severe thunderstorms has Greymouth on high alert this morning.

A commercial fisherman is to be prosecuted and faces a fine of up to $100,000 after dozens of albatrosses were killed during a fishing trip.

A rugby club is defaulting on a match today to protest against the West Coast Rugby Union failing to act on complaints about alleged

Police pushing good news while choosing which bad news to tell the public equates to police censorship, says the West Coast's former top cop.

Westport cop has quit following the West Coast police restructure.

High needs people moving in - or being moved - to Buller are pushing some local services to breaking point.

The West Coast's top cop says telling the public about police responding to crime is the "old school way of thinking".