Stories by Brendon McMahon

Wild kiwifruit are beginning to emerge across the West Coast, with an infestation on the Karamea River and evidence it is now present throughout South Westland.

Today's announcement was timed with the Budget and ahead of announcements the government plans to make around resilience for communities mopping up after Cyclone Gabrielle.

A report to the Resource Management Committee this week noted seven 'non-compliances' relating to various land-use activities; four of them related to gold mining.

Wellington officials say they see no reason to step in over tensions at West Coast Regional Council.

The West Coast Regional Council has kicked to touch paid up membership of Local Government NZ.

Things are heating up at the West Coast Regional Council with allegations of an altercation involving former chairman Allan Birchfield and councillor Frank Dooley during a meeting.

Greymouth Joint Floodwall Committee members are worried dire coastal hazard mapping done for the Te Tai o Poutini Plan could hinder land and building development in the area.

Floods have seen the river's stopbank washed away and water take a direct path through two local farms.

Material from a diseased Nelson site was briefly dumped at the Taylorville Resource Park landfill, it has been confirmed.

A mouse has been at play at the West Coast's premier visitor site, the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki.

The latest information had not arrived before the proposed plan was publicly notified.

A "sickening" smell from the controversial new private landfill at Coal Creek is being investigated by West Coast Regional Council after numerous complaints in the past week.

Stopbanks have "strangled" South Westland's Wanganui River so much over decades the riverbed is now filling with gravel at twice the natural rate, an engineer says.

The Environment Court has overturned a decision to allow the development of a new coalmine at Te Kuha, behind Westport.

The West Coast can expect a greater focus on "resilience" in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Allan Birchfield left abruptly after losing the vote for the chair at an extraordinary council meeting on 28 March - his first day back after four months' leave of absence.

The eastern alignment of the ring bank for the proposed Westport flood scheme needs to be changed, even though the design for the $56 million flood package is already sitting with Cabinet awaiting…

The West Coast Regional Council will undergo a full "reset" under new chairman, councillor Peter Haddock.

Two farms severely flooded last week when the Wanganui River broke through a hole in the stopbank face a repair bill of at least $1 million - and with no insurance.

Allan Birchfield said the way his departure unfolded was something he "fully expected" and he was grateful for a clear vote.

A plan change is already being signalled for the proposed Te Tai o Poutini Plan.

Allan Birchfield hurried out of the West Coast Regional Council chambers today, seconds after five of six councillors voted to sack him from the job.

All six of Allan Birchfield's fellow councillors are moving to sack him from the role.

A long-time Hari Hari resident says the storm damage that swept through the rural township on Tuesday night was the worst in living memory. A creek which runs off the...

The West Coast Regional Council intends to add automatic rain monitoring equipment on the Wanganui River near Hari Hari after a series of damaging floods.