The closure will be the hospital`s third in a month, the seventh this year, and the 11th since Westport`s new $21 million health centre opened in May last year. Read...

The closure is due to staff illness. Read...

Today is the third anniversary of Westport`s disastrous 2021 floods. Read...

Illness and leave have caused a gap and Health NZ West Coast could not find locums to fill the gaps. Read...

Protection work for one of the town`s most dangerous flood areas has stopped and KiwiRail is being blamed. Read...

Fiera Comox has bought a 35-year cutting right to 45,500 hectares of forestry blocks between Westport and Franz Josef. Read...

Staff shortages have again closed Buller Health`s acute care (hospital) service to admissions, just three days after it fully reopened. Read...

An alleged fuel spill of thousands of litres of fuel oil into Westport`s harbour is being investigated, with officials seeking more information as accusations fly. Read...

Nearly three years after a devastating flood displaced hundreds of residents, they have been told a solution is near. Read...

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...