Greymouth, New Zealand News

UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Greymouth Activity Centre members Bruce Richardson and Lewis Bell are worried about changes to West Coast mental health care.

A locomotive engineer has been flown to Greymouth Hospital after being involved in an accident on the TranzAlpine on Friday morning.

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 5:16 pm Speech: New Zealand Government Gerry Brownlee Introduction It's great to be here today for what I hope will be the first of many conferences in New Zealand dedicated to coal seam gas.

A 49-year-old bus driver has been charged with careless driving after the school bus he was driving with 16 children on board crashed into a power pole in Hokitika.

For some years now, if not decades, girls have been told from a young age that gender is no barrier, and that anything boys can do, they can do just as well - if not better.

PATTRICK SMELLIE: 'What's struck me over the years is just how incredibly uninventive people are with the insults...' It's not difficult to imagine the taunting British Schools Minister Ed Balls and fellow MP Alistair Darling have had to face with surnames like theirs.

South Island road conditions as issued by Transit NZ at 8.45am. SH 87 Outram To Middlemarch: Caution.

A polar blast hitting the south on Tuesday morning has caused considerable disruption.

The "old-man" had a real breakfast... "Full Scottish" -again ;) Packed up everything and was on the road by 9:30... 40mins down the road, had to U-turn and head back, . Road up to Nelson was a little sunnier but fairly quiet.

A two hour stand-off this morning between armed police and a man who took two women hostage in Runanga, 8km north east of Greymouth, has ended peacefully.

SILLY SAISON: The liquid was a rich, deep, amber brown with a hint of yellow at the edges.

A school after-ball party has ended in a violent brawl with partygoers being stabbed and bottled after nearly 200 youths gatecrashed the private function.

SERVICE RECOGNISED: Murray Sturgeon shows off his Rotary Club of Nelson's Sir Jack Newman Award 2009.

Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 10:00 am Press Release: RaboPlus RaboPlus announces Greymouth songstress as RaboIdol winner Click for big version The dream of recording a fully-funded professional album is in sight for Greymouth singer/songwriter Katie Thompson.

Monday, 25 May 2009, 5:29 pm Press Release: Television New Zealand 25th May 2009 TVNZ unveils a new weather forecast presentation and a series of new regional weather maps on ONE News tomorrow night.

Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 4:12 pm Press Release: Agriculture ITO Training critical to dairy success Industry training is critical to success in the dairy industry, says the country's top sharemilker.

US oil exploration firm Swift Energy's revolving credit facility has been reduced by $US100 million, which is causing concerns for NZ company Greymouth Petroleum.

Monday, 4 May 2009, 3:40 pm Press Release: RaboPlus NEWS RELEASE 4 May, 2009 Kiwi musicians get chance to record album through RaboPlus Every Kiwi music artist dreams of hitting the studio, recording some tracks and producing a professional album they can call their own – but it's a dream that carries a hefty price tag.

A roll on-roll off ferry service between New Plymouth and Nelson has just moved a step closer.

Sitting among coughing students on an international flight to New Zealand prompted a Nelson doctor to "cast my mind back to the days of Sars". However, GP Shaun McKenzie-Pollock was not to know that he would soon be caught up in the swine-flu alarm sweeping the world.