Lack of progress on Westport flood protection can be attributed to `insufficient appetite` to actually get on and do it, says the West Coast Regional Council as it today defended its role in an open letter to Westport residents.The... Read...

The Buller District Council says Westport and Carters Beach residents should boil all water before drinking and using it for food preparation, until further notice. Read...

A young bull washed away from a paddock above Maruia Falls during the recent Buller floods survived being swept 70km to 80km downstream, and was found alive and well on the edge of a Westport farm.Maruia farmer Tony Peacock said... Read...

Essential water use restrictions are now in place for Westport and Carters Beach after flooding damaged a large section of the region`s water pipeline. Read...

Westport has had two evacuations in a week, raising the question of whether the West Coast town has a future in the face of climate change. Read...

Heavy rain has eased on the West Coast and evacuated residents can now return home but several key routes in and out of the region remain closed.Some houses have had water through them as Westport experiences its wettest February... Read...

The coast road to Westport State Highway 6 has reopened as the West Coast town appears to have escaped another flood with river levels dropping. Read...

Residents in the Buller and Westport regions have been given the all clear to return home, after more than 100 were evacuated due to rising flood levels yesterday. An `extraordinary` amount of rain has fallen in the West Coast area... Read...

NZTA says road crews have cleared many of the slips, but there are still slips and debris along State Highway 6 heading into Westport, around the Fox Hills, and elsewhere on the West Coast. Read...

The West Coast coastal town of Westport is emptying out with a severe rainstorm set to drop today. With many resident self-evacuating yesterday and this morning, Buller District mayor Jamie Cleine is giving a press conference this... Read...