West Coast ratepayers face targeted rates well above the 27 percent or 44 percent general rates increase proposed by the regional council - particularly in Westport. Read...

A Westport man with a history of obtaining child sex abuse material is again facing similar charges for more than two million files. Read...

Westport`s methamphetamine use is double that of its near-neighbour, Greymouth, and well above the national average, a public meeting was told in Westport last night. Read...

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown told the mayor it was not the government`s problem. Read...