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Pike River: Contractor to be sentenced

Pike River contractor Valley Longwall will be sentenced today for failing to ensure the safety of workers who died in explosions at the mine.

Tornado hits small West Coast town

A tornado flattened an old wooden theatre, tore roofs off houses and shattered windows as it ripped through a small West Coast settlement overnight.

Pike River families awarded costs

Coast's controversial slogan

The sometimes wet West Coast is about to play on its reputation with a new $100,000 marketing slogan. Guess what it is?

Where are all the whitebait?

Pike River: PM 'doesn't want to listen'

Pike River Mine families' spokesman Bernie Monk said he was gutted after the PM refused to help with a mine re-entry, after the mine's owners agreed to an attempt.

Boy survives night in bush

An 11-year-old Christchurch boy survived the night in dense bush on the West Coast at the weekend, while wearing just a pair of shorts and singlet.

Southern shock therapy rate highest

Southern District Health Board's rate of electroconvulsive therapy, at more than double the national average, is the highest in the country.

Car ramming case was a 'Maori problem', court told

'The need is still here' for a West Coast mine base

Can our wildlife be saved?

'What coal crisis' asks private Coast miner

Small West Coast marine reserves an 'insult'

Man who threatened to blow up Parliament back in court

Pike River: No reopening of hearing

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.

Police still seek interview with father over son's death