Solid Energy did all it could to avoid job cuts on the West Coast but the coal market made it too difficult, Bill English says.

The West Coast mining industry has been dealt a heavy blow today, with 113 jobs to go at Solid Energy's Stockton mine.

A Westport man was acquitted in the Greymouth District Court yesterday of two charges of threatening grievous bodily harm and one of possessing a machete.

A number of calls have been made to the police hotline number set up for former and current Gloriavale members.

Job losses on the West Coast have been foreshadowed ahead of meeting between Solid Energy managers and workers at the Stockton Mine tomorrow.

A Westport man is alleged to have threatened to cut off a man's fingers with a machete in a vigilante-style in response to a rape claim.

A free phone line has been set up by police for people wanting to discuss experiences at the secretive Christian community Gloriavale.

A member of the secretive christian community Gloriavale says allegations of men being groomed to have sex with underage females are "rubbish".

A Gloriavale school principal says the New Testament is very clear about men and women having different roles to play.

At least one former Gloriavale member has approached police, and others are considering it, after police urged for ex-members to come forward.

Police have launched a full inquiry into the death of a 15-month-old Cobden boy after he was taken to Grey Base Hospital not breathing and suffering cardiac arrest.

After 20 years, but family members of the 14 young people who died in the Cave Creek disaster marked the anniversary today by acknowledging that they were ready to move on.

Virginia Pawsey says today will be a day to remember her son, who died in the Cave Creek platform collapse, and reflect on the passage of time.

"It's not a lifestyle I would choose. But in actually talking to a lot of the people that are there I couldn't help thinking, 'They have a happier and simpler life than I do.'

The Grey District Council has refused to enter into a public debate about a plan to close a road near the Gloriavale Christian Community, as the issue heads to the Environment Court.

The secretive Gloriavale religious community owns assets worth $36.6 million, including a dairy farm, deer enterprise and an aircraft repair firm.

A young woman who left the secretive Gloriavale Christian Community told Campbell Live that she was the victim of a "wrong relationship" with an adult married man.

The Gloriavale Christian Community wants a public road near its compound closed to prevent attacks from outsiders.

Two families who defied their Gloriavale leaders to leave will tell their story to the nation on the television news show Sunday.

A Ngahere man who almost strangled his mother after earlier assaulting his wife was this week sentenced to 11 months in jail.

A 78-year-old Westport man has been further remanded on bail to appear in the Greymouth District Court in June on charges related to historic sex offending.