Mark Dunphy has promised to put up $20 million of his own money to keep the next America`s Cup in New Zealand, but still sees a $40m shortfall which may need government cash.Dunphy, the chairman of Greymouth Petroleum, has offered... Read...
The West Coast Regional Council`s deputy chairman is challenging the need to spend $500,000 on rock protection work along the Hokitika beachfront. Read...
By Samantha Gee of RNZ Cellphone reception and internet connection has been restored for thousands of people on the West Coast.About 3500 people from Greymouth to Fox Glacier were without reception for more than 24 hours after... Read...
Street racing fans have been dealt a double blow as the popular event is canned due to Covid uncertainty and its founding father dies after a short illness. Read...
An influential rich-lister claims he has donors lined up to fund a New Zealand-hosted defence of the America`s Cup - but only if Grant Dalton steps down.Mark Dunphy, CEO and chairman of Greymouth petroleum, is behind a last-ditch... Read...
Patched gang members who helped themselves to Greymouth`s coveted `Big Rock` — the best whitebaiting spot on the Grey River — have been moved along by police.Police confirmed that the Aotearoa Natives moved on to the Big Rock —... Read...
A West Coast man has admitted a raft of charges relating to the alleged sexual abuse of children.The 55-year-old appeared in the Greymouth District Court this morning via audio visual link from a Christchurch courtroom. Heavy... Read...
Results of a desktop mapping survey by ecological consultants have been presented to the Tai o Poutini Plan Committee in Greymouth, but the committee didn`t accept them. Read...