Latest from Greymouth

DOC had to shoot a fur seal pup after someone put it on the back of a motorbike while skylarking on the Hokitika beach

The first six months of 2016 were set to be the warmest start to the year yet, based on data from seven weather stations, including Hokitika.

Andrew Durant was convicted of a charge of procuring other drugs, after being caught fossicking for magic mushrooms.

A witness to a shooting that shattered the Sunday afternoon peace described the surreal scene unfolding before his eyes as almost unbelievable.

A man whose alcohol addiction had "overwhelmed him" since the death of his wife, fell asleep drunk in the back of the Greymouth District Court

Man's sentencing completed after he had a chance to "sleep things off" during a night in the cells.

Advertisement in today's Greymouth Star states the Grey District Council "formally apologises" to Evan Jones Construction Ltd "for any distress it has caused".

A woman working on a farm owned by her father and stepmother was forced to leave after a heated argument.

A vicious dog bit a chunk out of a mother's arm to the bone as she stepped in to save her two young children.

Conditions on the West Coast are set to worsen over the weekend and teams would resume looking for Emily on Monday, if they could.

The search for two people whose vehicle plunged into a river near Hari Hari on the West Coast was suspended last night due to poor weather.

"He had fallen about 3m and in the process had smashed a leg and fallen into the sea ... He had been there for an hour."

Helicopter access, e-bikes and new climbing routes proposed for new Pike 29 Memorial Great Walk.

Ground was broken today on the new $76 million Greymouth Hospital, ending five months of uncertainty and four years of planning.

The Government today top-up after subcontractor prices came back higher than expected.

Givealittle page set up for retired beekeeper who was caught at the Australian border with 6kg of cocaine hidden in the lining of his bag.

An icy spat between a couple at the top of the Franz Josef Glacier yesterday nearly saw the man and woman being left out in the cold.

Six-metre swells and heavy rain have taken off another half-a-metre of beach frontage near Punakaiki Beach Camp

The Greymouth Hospital rebuild is on schedule to start in less than a fortnight, but it's unclear what's been cut from the budget.

At least 30 road signs worth $10,000 have been vandalised or stolen in the Grey district in the past three weeks.

Some valuable discoveries have been made in time for the celebration of the life and death of famous West Coast explorer Charles Douglas.

The Greymouth fishing boat that suffered $350,000 of damage in a suspicious blaze while moored at the wharf early last week, is about to be towed to Nelson for repairs.

A Cobden teenager with substance abuse problems who burgled the Cobden Fire Station overnight on Saturday was today locked up after he was refused bail.

Wild winds sweeping the country have caused serious disruption to flight schedules, caused power outages and closed roads this evening.

A grassroots rugby team have been accused of making racist remarks about Polynesian rugby players during a local game.

A Waimakariri man who was convicted of a "lengthy and sustained sequence of extraordinarily bad and dangerous driving" was yesterday sentenced in the Greymouth District Court.