Nelson Region

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

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

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.

Trampers are being urged not to rely on cellphones after a couple were rescued from a snowy ridge on Saturday night.

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.

A group opposed to a housing development in Nelson's Kākā Valley are calling on the council to vote against land rezoning that would enable hundreds of homes to be built near the Maitai River.

Nineteen people have been arrested for flouting alert level 4 rules during anti-lockdown protests this morning, while in Nelson two people were fined after hand delivering offensive anti-vaccination…

Having had her artwork displayed for the first time at an exhibition last week, Nancy Morice is still ticking off "firsts".

Crayfish tails, salmon and beef bourguignon were on the menu for those due to attend a Seafood New Zealand conference in Nelson today, instead that food is being prepared to be donated to those in…

A housing development designed to flood is one of several in Nelson put forward for Kāinga Ora's $1 billion dollar Accelerated Infrastructure Fund.

Part of the Coastal Highway west of Nelson remains closed after a fatal crash between a this morning.

A childcare centre and a building on a marae have been evacuated following the discovery of explosive material in a Nelson park.

Floodwaters still have not completely receded from some parts of Westport and Marlborough and hundreds of people are displaced after water rushed through their homes.

Farmers across the upper South Island are on clean-up duty and counting up the costs as damaging floodwaters recede, and the agriculture minister has reminded farmers to take a thorough look at…

A Nelson engineering company has been ordered to pay more than $340,000 after a teenage apprentice was found unconscious in the engine room of a vessel where he was exposed to toxic chemicals.

Nelson Cathedral will join other churches around the world today to mark the 200th anniversary of an invention that revolutionised bell ringing.

Council owned forestry blocks on the outskirts of Nelson will begin to be harvested this month after a year-long delay due to Covid-19.