The West Coast town of Reefton - the first place in New Zealand to be lit by electricity - has a new pub light for its 150th birthday.The lantern-shaped light with gold lettering was formally opened yesterday by the mayor of Buller,... Read...
The West Coast Regional Council has confirmed it does not have enough staff to regularly monitor a private Reefton dumpsite that takes toxic waste. Read...
Reefton residents worried at the prospect of contaminated waste being trucked through the town to a private landfill are appealing for support from tangata whenua. Read...
A West Coast businessman has applied for consent to take contaminated waste from a fertiliser works in Christchurch and bury it in his private landfill near Reefton. Read...