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By Laura Mills A bigger venue may be needed for the special meeting called to roll the West Coast Regional Council chair, according to the man himself. Councillor Allan Birchfield says the council should be prepared for a sizeable crowd at the extraordinary meeting. Photo: LDR / Lois Williams Councillor Allan Birchfield told the Greymouth Star today the council was looking at hiring the 600-seat Regent Theatre in Greymouth for the meeting, which would be open to the public. Acting chief executive Heather Mabin confirmed there was a high level of public interest in the meeting and the counci...

Beleaguered West Coast Regional Council chairman Allan Birchfield has rejected claims that he bullied council staff and tried to interfere with resource consent decisions. Four out of seven councillors are backing a move to oust Allan Birchfield as chairman. Photo: LDR / Lois Williams It has also been revealed a 30 percent rate rise could be looming for West Coast regional ratepayers this year. Four of the council's seven members are backing a move to oust councillor Birchfield as chairman, at an extraordinary meeting called for Monday, 31 May. A letter obtained by the Greymouth Star shows ...

Allan Birchfield. Photo: LDR / Lois Williams Deputy chairman Stuart Challenger confirmed to Local Democracy Reporting today that he had called an extraordinary meeting of the council to remove councillor Birchfield as chair. Tensions between Birchfield and his deputy were evident at a council meeting this week, over changes to government-funded flood protection projects in Hokitika and Franz Josef Glacier. Challenger said the changes were significant and the council had an obligation to go back to the communities and re-consult them. "I called the meeting [to replace the chairman] because I ...

Posted: May 02, 2021 11:33 AM NT | Last Updated: May 2 Wild Atlantic salmon in 20 rivers in the Bay d'Espoir and Fortune Bay areas are predicted to decline in numbers and genetic diversity following an expansion of aquaculture operations in 2019, according to a DFO study.(CBC) Salmon aquaculture farming is set to expand in Newfoundland and Labrador, despite alarming research into how the business might affect wild salmon populations. The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is eyeing a particular tract of water on Newfoundland's south coast for future farms, which it says could c...

Fraud, gold nuggets and 400kg of concrete: Police speak on the Mt Eden bones in the backyard case 17 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 9 minutes to read A picture of David Hart, who is the subject of a homicide investigation, with the Mt Eden house under which his remains were found entombed in concrete. NZ Herald Photo by Alex Burton 07 February 2020 A picture of David Hart, who is the subject of a homicide investigation, with the Mt Eden house under which his remains were found entombed in concrete. NZ Herald Photo by Alex Burton 07 February 2020 Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand Heraldtom.dill...