Lumino The Dentists has acquired four more high quality practices bringing the number of outlets for the burgeoning national dental health care provider to 48.

Next year public health nurses will be back in schools on the West Coast, offering free Human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation to girls.

Greymouth Dec 12 NZPA - A West Coast teenager who brutally beat up an elderly man and then set fire to his home to cover up his tracks was yesterday jailed for eight years.

The new $25 million Arahura road-rail Bridge on the West Coast officially opens this Friday 11 December 2009 - several months earlier than planned.

The 2009 Abortion Supervisory Committee report, issued Monday, shows New Zealand women are having later abortions because of problems accessing services, the president of the Abortion Law Reform Association, Dame Margaret Sparrow, said today.

Te Tai Tonga MP, Rahui Katene, is thrilled to learn that Te Runanga o Ngati Waewae has been successful in a lotteries application for marae redevelopment.

Slow Food Celebrates 20 years and Eating Locally around the world on December 10

Greymouth, Dec 5 NZPA - A West Coast man whose house was awash with nearly 4kg of cannabis had simply had "a good year" rather than being a drug dealer, a judge has ruled.

Greymouth, Dec 5 NZPA - Westport police investigating the discovery of a decomposing body at a bush campsite were shocked to find most of the body had been devoured by a dog, a coroner's inquest in Greymouth has heard.

Christchurch, Dec 4 NZPA - West Coast butcher Peter Lamont, 47, will go on trial on June 28 charged with murdering his wife, Lindsay Jane Lamont.

Police allege the murder occurred at the couple's house at Ikamatua, 54km northeast of Greymouth, on July 5.