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	‘Unbelievable!’: Phone lost overboard trawled up from ‘400m’ underwater Stuff.co.nz - 30 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) The phone dropped into the sea over the Hokitika Trench, about 50km southwest of Greymouth. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Two arrested after Hokitika drug and firearms raids Stuff.co.nz - 29 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) Police seize three guns, a cannabis grow room and stolen items during early morning warrants. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Three fires across country over weekend RadioNZ - 11 Aug (RadioNZ) The fires were in Auckland, the Manawatu District and Hokitika. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Seaview Hospital fire: Building's long history in Hokitika RadioNZ - 11 Aug (RadioNZ) It has been a prison, a home for the mentally unwell and a spooky backpackers - and now it is the scene of a suspicious fire. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Fire at former Seaview Hospital in Hokitika treated as suspicious RadioNZ - 10 Aug (RadioNZ) The building was formerly a jail, then a psychiatric hospital. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Fire crews fighting large building fire near Hokitika RadioNZ - 10 Aug (RadioNZ) It is understood to be an unoccupied former mental health facility in Seaview. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Independent commissioners approve sand mine for 16 years near Hokitika RadioNZ - 18 Jul (RadioNZ) The Westland Mineral Sands site will be about eight kilometres from the town and cover 112 hectares. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	How tiny tags and ‘Brad Pitt’ could uncover sex secrets of elusive native fish Stuff.co.nz - 4 Jul (Stuff.co.nz) Over the past year, DOC Ranger Suze Harris has inserted 12.5mm passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags under the skin of 41 shortjaw kokopu in a tributary of the Kaniere River, Hokitika. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	PGG told to pay $780,000 for farm sale misrepresentation by Supreme Court RadioNZ - 30 Jun (RadioNZ) Court documents showed the sale featured incorrect descriptions about the herd size and milk production at the 105 hectare site near Hokitika. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Family concerned for woman missing on West Coast Stuff.co.nz - 29 May (Stuff.co.nz) Police said Juliet usually resides in Hokitika but may have travelled elsewhere with her 7-year-old son. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General