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Australian miner buying Reefton mine
Australian-based Federation Mining is buying the Snowy River Gold Mine near Reefton on the West Coast.

Reefton ‘duped’ over rest home closure
Seven months after mothballing Reefton's only rest home facility, Health NZ West Coast says the facility can not reopen due to lack of staffing.

Reefton prospers as locals show 'entrepreneurial spirit'
Reefton has bucked the trend with a 40 percent increase in visitor spending during the pandemic.

West Coast DHB under fire from Reefton residents
Reefton residents voiced their dismay amidst shouts of "bulls**t" at a protest last night at the sudden closure of the town's hospital aged-care wing, after some residents suddenly moved out of the area days earlier than was first...

Farmers counting costs of damage caused by flooding, slips
Assessments of stock losses and flood damage suffered by farmers in the Lower Buller Gorge, Inangahua, Reefton, Shenandoah and Maruia are underway.Federated Farmers West Coast president Bede O'Connor estimated at least 30-40 farms...

Anti-vaxxers are damaging Reefton, Community Board chair says
By Lois Williams, Local democracy reporter The irrational attitude of anti-vaxxers is damaging Reefton's hospitality, health services and reputation, Inangahua Community Board chairman John Bougen says. Bougen told Tuesday's board...

Speed review for West Coast highway after 14 serious crashes in 10 years
Waka Kotahi says it will be guided by community views on whether to lower the speed limit on State Highway 7 between Reefton and Maruia Springs.

Visitors spending more in Buller, Westport and Reefton, but Westland numbers down
The loss of international visitors to West Coast glacier towns has caused job cuts, businesses to close and people to leave, but further up the Coast, the picture is a bit rosier.

Reefton gym owners shut shop rather than police vaccine certificates
A West Coast couple have chosen to close their gym, instead of turning away customers who are not vaccinated.

Health NZ's 'credibility's gone' after repeated promises to Reefton - councillor
Health NZ West Coast says it intends to restore Reefton's health services, including reopening the Ziman House aged care wing.

'Don't die, I love you' - Teen's desperate words to mate after Greymouth crash
A teenage boy begged his mate not to die and told him "I f***ing love you" before racing to get help after the car they were in crashed near Reefton.Simon Norris, 14, did not survive the crash and his friend revealed the final heartbreaking...

West Coast DHB orders inquiry into closure of Ziman House rest home
The West Coast District Health Board has ordered an independent inquiry into the way it organised and communicated the closure of Ziman House rest home at Reefton Hospital a month ago.

Anti-vaxers creating an 'appalling state of affairs' in Reefton, community board chairman says
The irrational attitude of anti-vaxers is damaging Reefton’s hospitality, health services and reputation, a local leader says.

Covid-19 anti-vaxxers damaging Reefton, says Inangahua Community Board chair
The irrational attitude of anti-vaxxers is damaging Reefton's hospitality, health services, and reputation, says Inangahua Community Board's chairperson.

Buller council distances itself from employee's anti-vaccination comments
Reefton's economic development officer Rachel Fifield says she and her husband would close the gym they operate rather than exclude people not vaccinated against Covid-19.