The Westport News and a Kiwi technology firm are partnering in New Zealand first to create a low-cost model for small newspapers to migrate to innovative digital products, thanks to support and funding from the Google GNI Innovation Challenge. Read...
Five MPs travelled to the region this week as part of a programme aimed at connecting New Zealanders throughout the country with Parliament and its processes. Read...
Three people have been critically injured in two separate crashes overnight.The first occurred in Westport just before 7.30pm, when a motorbike and an SUV collided at the intersection of Palmerston and Brougham streets, police said.`The... Read...
Allegations emergency medical cover at Buller Health is at breaking point has been denied by Health NZ West Coast, which says the level of urgent medical support in Westport has never been higher. Read...
Brendon McMahon, Local Democracy Reporter Westport hospital facilities 100km from the nearest alternate facility on the West Coast are at a point where no emergency doctor cover for the facility is `99 per cent done` and people... Read...
Westport hospital facilities 100km from the nearest alternate services on the West Coast are nearly at a point where there is no emergency doctor cover and people `are going to die`. Read...