Two people were killed on the roads in separate incidents during the weekend.

A literary tour of the West Coast takes Bronwyn Sell on a journey that traverses brooding landscapes.

Pike River Mine survivor Daniel Rockhouse says he was humbled to accept an award for bravery at an investiture ceremony at Government House this morning.

Elisabeth Easther booked a trip to the wild West Coast to fritter away a weekend.

The parents of a 15-month-old Greymouth boy who died in Auckland’s Starship Hospital last month have been spoken to by police.

A Rotomanu farmer who stood trial in March for his part in the starvation and death of nearly 800 cows has been found guilty.

The ramifications of a further 113 job losses at Stockton will reverberate right down the West Coast and all the way to the Port of Lyttelton, MP Damien O'Connor says.

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.

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.

West Coast police area commander Inspector John Canning paid a courtesy visit to the Gloriavale Christian Community yesterday.

Secretive Christian community Gloriavale appears to be adding to its coffers by selling a hand-reared African grey parrot on Trade Me.

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

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.

A professor who says Gloriavale tried converting him as a boy says the secretive community is feeling 'tremors' after the recent departure of several members.

A Canadian tramper who fell and dislocated his shoulder, forcing him to crawl for 10 hours to reach shelter, has been rescued eight days after his ordeal began.

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.