Photo: RNZ / Samantha Gee
Westport's new $21 million health centre began providing services this week.
The centre combines all Buller Health services, including Buller Hospital and Buller Medical Centre, under one roof.
The community fought hard to get government funding for it. But there are fears it will face the same staffing issues as its predecessors.
And Lee talks to Kathryn about the Government work on a bill to make good former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's 2017 promise to ban all new mining on conservation land.
Half of New Zealand's mineral mining happens on the West Coast and most is on public conservation land. Coast leaders, miners and iwi are furious about the proposed ban.
They say it will stop exploration for gold, pounamu and rare earth minerals.
