Stories by Maia Hart

The Marlborough District Council will end its rates remissions to the owners of properties that were red or yellow-stickered in the August 2022 storm.

A Marlborough iwi has been unsuccessful in its challenge of a council bylaw restricting vehicle access on the east coast.

A temporary bridge that was "rattling" more by the day has been retired, and a new bridge should be future proofed for the next 100 years.

A dozen wineries failed to meet wastewater compliance rules during harvest 2024, with high staff turnover partly to blame, a new report shows.

Marlborough's harbourmaster team has been doing lots of extra training, ticking off recommendations made after a ferry ran aground last year.

Finding the right names for new streets remains a peak to summit, with three proposals dividing councillors.

The site has been the scene of three known crashes within a five-year period, including one involving a vehicle towing a caravan.

More than $1 million has been spent on a "lifesaver" travel subsidy for businesses in the Marlborough Sounds, who are now having to adapt to operating without it.

Thirteen new sections off a flood-damaged road in the Marlborough Sounds have been granted consent, despite concerns about sediment runoff and the removal of vegetation.

An alcohol ban will return for the streets of the small town hosting the Marlborough Wine & Food Festival, with talks of the ban being made permanent.

The trees at Horton Park have been cut down ahead of schedule due to the risk of falling debris for people using the park.

Buses are usually provided for Picton's annual party on the foreshore.

The trust that runs the theatre says its been hammered by external costs they can't control.

The future of some core environmental projects hangs in the air as funding starts to dry up - including one described as a "community movement".

A new solar farm near Seddon has started producing energy for the region in what has been called a "significant investment" for Marlborough.

A 2023 bylaw says people can camp at the Wairau Diversion for "two consecutive nights in any four-week period" - but freedom campers have found a workaround.

The deputy mayor has admitted he went away and did some homework.

As Jamie Arbuckle farewells his council seat, data shows the councillor-turned-MP is one of 12 at the table with an attendance rate of 90 percent or higher.

Despite being "really entrepreneurial", a mobile sauna that started operating in Picton before it had consent will no longer be able to operate from its beachside spot.

Homeowners in the Kenepuru Sound are "very pleased" more funding will be pumped into an effort to fix damaged roads in Marlborough.

Repair work in the Marlborough Sounds will "accelerate" after the NZTA board approved $100m in funding.

An animal control manager in Marlborough says there have been six attacks on sheep in the past year and often "three or four or five" were attacked at once.

When the Aratere ran aground in Picton Harbour, it wasn't clear who was leading the emergency response, the harbourmaster says. Audio

The decision to fast-track the consent, under the Covid-19 Recovery Act 2020, was released on Friday.

A former Marlborough councillor has overcome the final legal hurdle after taking the council to court over management of pines on his land.