By Nicholas McBride
- Thursday, 17 May 2012

Greymouth will soon have a new outlet for entertainment, with a games arcade poised to open.

- Wednesday, 16 May 2012

A couple who spent Monday night at a backpackers in Gresson Street, Greymouth, stole food and then bolted without paying.

By Viv Logie
- Tuesday, 15 May 2012

West Coast police today made a nationwide appeal to anyone else who has been showered with unexplained gifts from Paris, after three people in Greymouth and Hokitika received the mystery parcels in th

By Tui Bromley
- Monday, 14 May 2012

To let: almost 4000 square metres of prime Greymouth real estate.

Sport

By Viv Logie
- Monday, 14 May 2012

A former Greymouth teenager has been named in the New Zealand under-21 Black Sticks hockey squad.

By Matt Kersten
- Monday, 23 April 2012

Kiwi retained its unbeaten record and claimed the West Coast Rugby Union’s first trophy of the 2012 season with a 29-13 victory over Grey Valley,...

Crime

- Monday, 14 May 2012

A Cobden woman was startled awake early on Saturday morning by the sound of a window smashing and chainsaw starting up, to find a trio of men in...

- Friday, 11 May 2012

Mysterious packages from Paris have been showing up in West Coast letterboxes this week.

Education

Picture: Paul McBride
- Friday, 11 May 2012

John Paul II High School’s new principal Kieran Stone holds the tokotoko, which was presented to him by student Arthur Southorn at St Patrick’s...

By Christine Linnell
- Friday, 04 May 2012

Two debating teams from John Paul II High School defeated some of the most competitive teams in the South Island to win the regional championships...

Business

By Nicholas McBride
- Thursday, 17 May 2012

Greymouth will soon have a new outlet for entertainment, with a games arcade poised to open.

By Christine Linnell
- Friday, 27 April 2012

The owner of the old Harker’s Building in central Greymouth says he will not spend a cent on earthquake proofing it, and if someone else tears it...

Health

- Thursday, 17 May 2012

Reefton’s GP has had to return to the United States at very short notice.

- Friday, 20 April 2012

Buildings at Grey Base Hospital will be shut immediately if they are found to be earthquake unsafe, the West Coast District Health Board said today.

Pike River Disaster

By Laura Mills
- Friday, 11 May 2012

A grim-faced head of Solid Energy told the Pike River Mine families last night there was only a 5 to 10% chance of opening a new mine — and...

- Monday, 07 May 2012

Former Pike River Coal Ltd chief executive Gordon Ward has been tracked down by the TV current affairs show Sunday, to the Gold Coast where he has...

Hokitika

- Friday, 18 May 2012

Descendants of a Taranaki iwi have retraced the steps of their ancestors back to Hokitika as part of a new television film.

Picture: Emma Monk
- Thursday, 17 May 2012

Daniel Williams, seven, is dwarfed by his oversized pumpkin, which will be weighed and judged tomorrow as part of the Hokitika Kea Club pumpkin...