Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn proposes uplifting the memorial to pioneer West Coast surveyor George Dobson.

Hokitika postal services are in line for another dramatic overhaul next month, when the posties will be replaced with a contractor. Long-term

Strong forward bookings into summer have been welcomed by West Coast hotel and motel owners, who say the peak season is starting earlier

Westport police say they do not have enough evidence to lay charges over allegations 1080 protesters damaged a Department of Conservation

Westport police say they do not have enough evidence to lay charges over allegations 1080 protestors damaged a Department of Conservation staff member's car.

A Westport driver caught driving while disqualified for the 15th time has been sentenced to Community detention, supervision and community work in lieu of disqualification.

Multiple aerial 1080 drops have taken place in the northern Buller area over recent weeks.

Solid Energy's new owner or owners may be known by the end of this month.

Three men armed with a gun held up a 17-year-old living at premises attached to the dairy late Sunday night and beat him.

Brogan Watt fell ill immediately after West Coast's 62-28 loss to Poverty Bay.

Teen threatened at gunpoint by three men wearing fancy dress and wigs during dairy robbery.

An endangered penguin has been returned to the wild after being treated for abdominal wounds at Wellington Zoo.

A family escaped a blaze in their two-storey Greymouth home.

A West Coast woman who was unlawfully locked up in a police cell for nearly a whole day and a night says she's been left traumatised.

The Granity bus shelter reported missing last week was never stolen.

Civil Aviation has given grounded South Westland helicopter company Alpine Adventures the green light to fly again.

A West Coast cage fighter who was arrested for assault and then left in handcuffs for more than eight hours was not treated with humanity, the police watchdog has found.

The tourist who said New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand" faces more charges.

Buller people may know by Christmas when they'll get a new integrated family health centre to replace Buller Hospital and Buller Health Medical Centre.

The tale of the frustrated French hitchhiker who waited for four days in Punakaiki has proved a boon for the West Coast town and continues to generate overseas attention.

The under-fire French hitchhiker says his anger boiled over after he was racially abused while trying to thumb a lift.

Phones have been ringing off the hook and international news agencies have picked up the story of the frustrated Frenchman passing through Punakaiki.

A house fire in Franklin St yesterday afternoon, caused by a faulty washing machine, would have been far worse were it not for working smoke alarms.

A Government-initiated study has recommended fuller investigation "to clarify once and for all" if the Haast to Hollyford Road is viable.

Frustrated Frenchman who made international headlines after being stranded in Punakaiki for four days has left vastly different impressions on his travels.

The French hitchhiker stuck for four days at a tiny West Coast town says he will hitch a lift to his next court appearance.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy today released a detailed report on the Coast's economy.

Steven Joyce and Nathan Guy release detailed report which outlines significant potential to attract new investment on West Coast.

A French hitchhiker who spent four days trying to get a lift out of the West Coast without success plead guilty to damaging road signs.

A Frenchman whose attempts to hitch-hike out of the West Coast landed him in court says New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand". Cedric