West Coast
Taranaki, Tararuas and Buller in firing line for heavy downpours
The wet weather is targeting Mount Taranaki with up to 80mm of rain expected early on Tuesday morning.
Family lays complaint against West Coast hospitals
A family believes their father and husband would still be alive if he had been properly diagnosed and treated in the previous six weeks.
Snow, heavy rain in store for South Island on Sunday
Weather watches and warnings are in place, with some locals told to clear their drains and avoid low-lying areas.
Rockfall cuts off major South Island highway
State Highway 73 between Arthur's Pass village and Otira Saturday midday.
A case for putting tolls on cycle trails
A mayor is calling for a rethink of who pays to keep the country's popular cycle trails open.
Sincere Standtrue inquest: Desperate efforts made to save young Gloriavale man
Sincere Standtrue died at Christchurch Hospital 10 days after being found unresponsive in the Christian community's paint shop in 2018.
'I did not expect him to go home to us in a coffin'
Leonides Lozano will be laid to rest tomorrow in the Philippines - a month after he was sent home from Westport's acute stabilisation unit and died that same day.
Truck carrying cattle crashes on the West Coast
There were no injuries to humans or cattle.
Rain, snow and wind to blast the country
Multiple heavy rain, snowfall and strong wind warnings and watches are in place across the country.
Sincere Standtrue 'miserable' before death at Gloriavale
"It was like he'd been murdered by the community," former Gloriavale member Clem Ready says.
Why these councils opted out of Māori wards
The council that pioneered Māori representation in local government says it sees no need to establish a Māori ward.
Bridge accessing wilderness trail to close abruptly over safety concerns
The Totara rail bridge is used as a pedestrian and cycleway access for the popular West Coast Wilderness trail.
Sincere Standtrue's brother didn't know he was being bullied at Gloriavale
The brother of a Gloriavale man who died in 2018 says he was not aware of his brother being badly bullied.
'Faith a barrier' to Gloriavale member taking own life - workmate
A man has told an inquest that he does not believe a young member who died in 2018 took his own life.
Buller council releases heavily redacted audit
A forensic audit of the council's controversial Project Management Office has found "inadequate management" and a "lack of critical controls".
Gloriavale leader denies seeing outright bullying of young man found dead
A senior leader has told an inquest that while Sincere Standtrue was slow, he seemed to get on well with other children.
Death prompts investigation
Westport Hospital is investigating the death of a Filipino man last month.
Plans for more mining on the West Coast divides locals
Out of sight - in to mined? Frank Film gauges local attitudes to increased plans for West Coast mining.
SNAs rear their head again - and get pushed back
Hearings on the most controversial part of the West Coast's new district plan have been put back till November, as councils hope for confirmation that they no longer need to plan for significant…
Westport's hospital closes again
The closure will be the hospital's third in a month, the seventh this year, and the 11th since Westport's new $21 million health centre opened in May last year.
