Nelson Region

A Nelson supermarket is to trial a dedicated sign language aisle at its checkout as masks and perspex screens used as barriers against Covid-19 cause issues for people with hearing problems.

The Nelson Festivals Trust has announced that uncertainty over Covid-19 means it's not possible to go ahead with the annual Mask Carnivale scheduled for late October.

The chair of the Nelson Music Festival Trust hopes a scaled-back chamber music event this summer will attract a large local crowd.

Nelson's MP has credited the man who bravely went public about his mental health experiences, for helping to save a community mental health facility.

A community mental health facility threatened with closure in Nelson is to be retained, and strengthened.

Club Waimea chef Phil Hazeldine included pūkeko in six of his 13 dishes, including a taco and a pūkeko and paradise shelduck sausage.

Two men have been charged with aggravated robbery and kidnapping that allegedly involved taking the man to an ATM and demanding he withdraw money.

Ralph Bradley, saw his first aurora aged 10, and now retired, he has helped an area near Nelson get accreditation as NZ's first Dark Sky Park.

Firefighters and neighbours helped three people escape a burning house in Nelson early this morning.

Nelson's old "lollipop" parking meters have sold like hot cakes in a fundraising move sparked by a council staff member.

The group governing a 22-hectare motor camp in Nelson has floated plans to convert part of it into a showroom for tiny homes.

Veteran politician Nick Smith says it is not significant that his campaign launch is being attended by National's finance spokesman and not the party's new leader.

The Nelson Food Factory, inspired by trustee Pic Picot of Pic's Peanut Butter World, is operated as a charitable trust and is designed as a collaborative working space for various businesses.

The police are seeking information from the public following a burglary in Nelson last month.

The operator of an eco-sanctuary in Golden Bay said a large surprise donation would allow it to advance critical conservation plans.

It is one of New Zealand's smallest islands, but still large enough to host a range of pests and rodents.

New Zealand Defence Force medic Jase Denharder has revealed what happened when he reached trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor.

The search for two missing trampers in north west Nelson has been suspended for the day due to poor weather.

Nelson-Tasman's emergency operations base - opened in 2014 - is already too small.

Searchers have so far failed to find two trampers missing in Kahurangi National Park, but an experienced rescue volunteer says there could still be a chance for the pair.