Country Life - As well as managing four farms and 35 staff at Pamu`s Cape Foulwind farming complex near Westport, Jack Raharuhi`s also a passionate surfer who finds mindfulness on the water. Read...

Residents are very frustrated and stressed over the lack of information of how the government support package is going to be rolled out. Read...

More details have been released showing how the government`s $22.9 million package to support flood initiatives will be spent in Westport. Read...

No injuries had been reported but there was a `large amount` of smoke in the area, police say. Read...

Today`s announcement was timed with the Budget and ahead of announcements the government plans to make around resilience for communities mopping up after Cyclone Gabrielle. Read...

The Environment Court has overturned a decision to allow the development of a new coalmine at Te Kuha, behind Westport. Read...

The eastern alignment of the ring bank for the proposed Westport flood scheme needs to be changed, even though the design for the $56 million flood package is already sitting with Cabinet awaiting approval. Read...

NIWA data during flooding in 2021 showed Buller River had the largest river flows in New Zealand in almost 100 years. Read...

West Coast leaders say planned flood protection schemes at Westport and Franz Josef will not lose out, despite the government reprioritising spending in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle in the... Read...

Repeated marine heatwaves have seen most `old growth` kelp beds along the Coast Road between Greymouth and Westport disappear or dwindle in the past 20 years. Read...