Laura Mills

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Laura Mills

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsWest CoastThe Department of Conservation says roadkill is not a good indicator of whether 1080 poison is working in South Westland, where a weekend tally showed 123 dead possums on State Highway 6. Most were counted between Bruce Bay and Wanaka, especially in the Paringa area, by a Greymouth Star reporter in January this year.

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Meg Fulford |Laura Mills

The entire greater Greymouth area water supply was yesterday morning put on a precautionary notice to boil all water after possible contamination was found during routine sampling. Affected areas include Greymouth and the suburbs of Cobden, Blaketown, Karoro and South Beach, plus Boddytown, Paroa, Kaiata, Dobson, Taylorville, Stillwater, Runanga, Dunollie, Coal Creek and Rapahoe. The notice was enacted at 10am and remains in place until further notice.

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Meg Fulford |Laura Mills

The entire greater Greymouth area water supply has been put on a precautionary notice to boil all water after possible contamination was found during routine water sampling. Affected areas include Greymouth and the suburbs of Cobden, Blaketown, Karoro and South Beach, plus Boddytown, Paroa, Kaiata, Dobson, Taylorville, Stillwater, Runanga, Dunollie, Coal Creek and Rapahoe. The notice was enacted at 10am today and remains in place until further notice.

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Laura Mills

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsWest CoastA proposed mineral sand mine near Lake Mahinapua is dividing the community, with residents expressing concerns the project could ruin what they describe as a sacred slice of paradise, Laura Mills reports.

3 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Laura Mills

Thursday, 3 April 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsWest CoastWild boars are ripping up parts of Greenstone Rd in Kumara, and have destroyed numerous vegetable gardens. Resident Eileen Parker said the boars were coming from conservation land by the Taramakau River, near the West Coast Wilderness Trail. They most recently got into her neighbour's garden and ploughed it up.