Nelson Region

A Nelson woman accused of rubbing rat poison on the face of MP Nick Smith has strongly denied the claim in the Nelson District Court.

More needs to be done to deal with severe horticultural labour shortages, which will only get worse, fruit growers in Tasman say.

The driver charged in relation to a car crash in Nelson in which a baby later died, has appeared in the district court.

Six hundred more trucks have been forced off the road in the safety alert over cracked and inadequate towing connections.

The woman found dead in a Nelson hotel last Friday has been named by police as Swiss national Yanyan Meng.

A 62-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a 62-year-old woman at a hotel in Nelson overnight.

A Nelson man with a long history of violence has been sentenced to at least 17 years behind bars for the murder of an itinerant man who lived on a boat.

Migrants to Nelson-Tasman face widespread racial discrimination, language barriers that make it hard to get a job and living costs that act as a barrier to settling, a long-term study shows.

A special conservation order is being sought to help protect the clear, cold waters of Golden Bay's Te Waikoropupu Springs from increased demand from commercial, mining and irrigation users. Video

Cyclists donned 1800s garb and took to the streets of Nelson to celebrate the bicycle and its role in liberating women.

A man is dead following a truck crash on the Moutere Highway, in Tasman.

Nelson City may boost its disaster relief fund by more than $3 million over the next decade in the wake of damage caused by ex-cyclones in February.

Two cyclones that hit the top of the South Island and West Coast in February did not appear to dent the annual cannabis haul, police say.

Large trucks with trailers will be able to drive over the Takaka Hill from tomorrow.

In Takaka, the cash tills have gone quiet and the cafes have largely emptied.

A Nelson man accused of killing a man living on a boat has denied a murder charge.