More deliberately lit beach fires kept Greymouth firefighters busy again yesterday and last night - the Volunteer Fire Brigade has now fielded 29 calls over 27 days this month. Read...
Exhausted and frustrated Greymouth firefighters are praying for respite after more deliberately lit fires in the town last night kept them from their beds for several hours. 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...
A Greymouth teenager who survived a car crash that killed his grandmother has described how he helplessly tried to get another passenger out of the car before collapsing on the ground in pain. Almost 300 people have lost their lives... Read...
The artist behind the creation of Greymouth`s famous pink church is `dismayed` and `distressed` by the court`s decision on four men who attacked his home with antisemitic and homophobic graffiti while he slept inside.On October... Read...
A Coroner is probing the death of a Greymouth toddler fatally shaken by his own father, in a bid to see whether authorities could have done more to make sure he was safe. Leith Hutchison was just 15 months old when his father Dane... Read...
The face of New Zealand`s Covid-19 response, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, has regifted his Fiji holiday to a Greymouth woman.In July, Dr Bloomfield was invited to Fiji for a `booster of happiness` to relax after a busy two years as director... Read...
A Greymouth woman has been re-gifted an idyllic holiday to Fiji, a retirement gift for Dr Ashley Bloomfield which he insisted on giving to a deserving Kiwi. Trish McMurtrie was surprised to be given the opportunity for a break by... Read...
