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By Lisa Rangi
- Tuesday, 02 November 2010

Department of Conservation ranger Prue Grant checks out construction work at the Putai Platform site at Dolomite Point in Punakaiki.

By Janna Sherman
- Thursday, 14 October 2010

Ross residents are up in arms after some familiar old trees were felled by the local fire brigade — and chopped up for firewood.
At least...

- Tuesday, 28 September 2010

The viewing platform that offers spectacular views of the Pancake Rocks and blowholes could be shut over the next two months, the Department of...

Otago Daily Times
- Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Up to eight of New Zealand’s most endangered kiwi, the Haast tokoeka, will be rehoused in Orokonui Ecosanctuary’s predator-proof enclosure from...

By Andrew Ashton
- Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Hokitika’s rich heritage could soon be the first thing to greet people arriving in the town, with plans to create a new heritage park in time for...

By Andrew Ashton
- Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Two orphaned goats rescued from Mount Bonar by a Lake Ianthe farm worker during the recent 1080 poison drop have now found a new home in Hokitika...

by Janna Sherman
- Wednesday, 25 August 2010

With less than a week until the opening of the West Coast whitebait season the Hokitika River is again a hive of activity as fishermen work to...

By Matt Kersten
- Tuesday, 24 August 2010

A motorist got a fright last night when his wheel disappeared into a collapsed mining tunnel under the Blackball-Taylorville Road.