Samantha Gee

A borehole drilling investigation to gather footage inside the Pike River Mine has come to an end, with images taken over the past two years showing the remains of eight men.

Extreme rainfall and flooding has left roading and infrastructure across the Buller District in a fragile state and in urgent need of repair before further heavy rain hits the region.

Civil Defence emergency operation centres have opened in Westport and Hokitika as the region prepares for a deluge of heavy rain that could bring slips and flooding.

With harvest season set to kick off for the horticulture sector in the top of the South Island, orchardists, growers and hop farmers are faced with staff shortages due to closed borders.

A group of young seabirds are settling into their new home at Cape Farewell, at the northernmost tip of the South Island.

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 in Nelson and Tasman, all from the same household.

Almost 20 years after the idea for a pest-free sanctuary was first raised for the site of Nelson's former water works in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary, the first two species to be reintroduced are…

Members of the Kaikōura community are concerned its pāua fishery is being stripped by the huge demand from the public.

A large-scale stoat eradication programme on d'Urville Island can no longer go ahead because of problems with land access.

An emergency accommodation provider in Nelson is closing, after more than three decades supporting the city's homeless men.

It has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the South Island, but West Coasters are now less than 1500 shots shy of being 90 percent fully vaccinated.

The Department of Conservation and iwi are appealing for information from the public after two kea were shot dead in Golden Bay.

Residents in the Kenepuru Sound finally have road access, more than four months after the July storm caused significant damage to the roading network.

The Covid-19 outbreak in Nelson seems to have given people the nudge they needed to get their first vaccination.

Health officials are working to determine the source of the Covid-19 outbreak in the top of the South Island.

Five years after the earthquake which devastated seabeds along the Kaikōura coastline, people are once again able to gather pāua from its shores.

With Covid-19 restrictions impacting events around the country, a Nelson-based actor is bringing live theatre to the people.

People on the West Coast are coming to terms with the discovery of human remains deep in the Pike River , more than a decade after the deadly explosion.

Over the past three months, the demand for Te Tāpui Atawhai Auckland City Mission's services has been the highest in the organisation's 100-year history.

Unvaccinated passengers can still travel, if they show a negative test within three days of flying. However, not everyone thinks that's enough to prevent the virus from spreading.

Reducing numbers of snapper, blue cod and crayfish have led to barren rocky reefs on parts of New Zealand's coastlines.

A climate action group are petitioning Nelson City Council to end industrial coal use in the region.

The deepwater division of Nelson-based fishing company Talley's Group has successfully appealed an illegal fishing conviction.

A call to manage a population of deer on private land in Nelson has led to a donation of venison to a food rescue programme.