A person has died in a house fire in Greymouth this morning.Emergency services were called to the fire on Peel St in Cobden at about 5.30am.A police spokesperson said inquiries are under way to establish the circumstances of the... Read...
Greymouth police are asking for victims of historic sexual abuse to come forward after a local man admitted charges of abuse he carried out mroe than 30 years. Read...
Greymouth Police are seeking information in relation to historical sexual offending against boys on the West Coast. Allan William Walton, an 87-year-old West Coast man, today pleaded guilty to charges of multiple historic sexual... Read...
A teenage boy begged his mate not to die and told him `I f***ing love you` before racing to get help after the car they were in crashed near Reefton.Simon Norris, 14, did not survive the crash and his friend revealed the final heartbreaking... Read...
Greymouth engineering identity Eddie Gray has exited the engineering firm he helped found 40 years ago to manage a new enterprise to extract `rare earth` minerals at Cape Foulwind. Read...
Additional orthopaedic operations for West Coast residents have been carried out in private hospitals in Christchurch in the past month, as Greymouth hospital attempts to reduce waiting times exacerbated by Covid-19. Read...
A trip on the country`s scenic TranzAlpine train took a turn for the worse when it hit a slip yesterday afternoon.The train traveling from Christchurch to Greymouth struck the slip near Dobson, not far from the old Brunner Mine... Read...
Fire crews are responding to a large blaze in an old school building in Greymouth.Large plumes of smoke can be seen coming from the former Karoro Learning site on Tainui St, next to Dixon Park.Fire and Emergency said four appliances... Read...