Samantha Gee

A fleet of bright blue electric buses have hit the road in Nelson and Tasman - the launch of a new service designed to improve residents' access to public transport.

A development in Nelson will see eight new affordable rental homes built in Nelson South.

Nelson's mayor says local councils and the government need to work out a cost-sharing agreement in order to build resilience when recovering from severe weather events.

Almost two years after storms first caused widespread damage to the Marlborough Sounds, the council has released its preferred transport options.

Nelson and Tasman will soon have a new public transport service - with more destinations, more regular buses and lower fares - serviced by a fleet of 17 electric buses.

More than 20 years after the Motueka community began fundraising for an indoor, heated swimming pool people are still waiting to see it come to fruition.

Conservationists are devastated by the tragic loss of several little penguins to dog attacks at Little Kaiteriteri in the top of the South Island.

The stricken cargo ship MV Shiling has returned to Wellington Harbour almost two weeks after it set sail for Singapore.

Nine months on, as Nelson recovers from the devastating August floods, the full extent of slip damage across the region is becoming clearer. Audio

Ten years in the making, Blenheim's new library will open its doors to the public for the first time today.

At $60,048 a year, the average wage for people in Nelson and Tasman is 14 percent below the national average for 2022. Audio

As Britain prepares for the coronation of King Charles III, so are those here in one of the Commonwealth's most far-flung countries.

A North Canterbury hunting competition that encouraged kids to shoot feral cats has removed the category from the event after "vile and inappropriate emails and messages".

Scabies cases are spreading among student populations, but access to treatment is proving difficult, with topical creams in short supply around the country.

People unable to travel by ferry across Cook Strait have in some cases been chartering flights in order to travel between the North and South Islands.

An Australian couple who came to New Zealand on a bucket-list campervan holiday have cut their trip short after two cancelled ferry crossings left them unable to get to the North Island.

Rod Dixon is in Nelson with fellow Olympian running champion Lorraine Moller to help four Nelsonians, including Mayor Nick Smith, prepare for the largest marathon in the world.

The West Coast councils have met with the local government minister to air their concerns about the impact of water reforms in some of the most isolated parts of the country.

Some residents in Nelson are still waiting for their homes to be repaired six months after they were displaced by flooding.

A number of businesses in Greymouth have been damaged after a tornado tore through the West Coast town on Monday night.

Almost two weeks after the Interislander's Kaitaki was taken out of service, people are still dealing with cancellations and delays.

Households spend less than 25 percent of their income on mortgage repayments in the West Coast, making the region attractive to those wanting to return from overseas.

NIWA data during flooding in 2021 showed Buller River had the largest river flows in New Zealand in almost 100 years.

The massive storm damaged scores of homes, motels are full in the city and more than 560 people are on a waiting list for social housing.

A science and technology precinct planned for Port Nelson will no longer go ahead, after supply chain issues and inflationary pressure saw the project cost almost double to $45 million.