Nelson Region

The widow of one of the two men killed by a US tourist's careless driving near Nelson says it was an accident and she forgives him. Video, Audio

A cluster of earthquakes has struck St Arnaud in the early hours of this morning including a strong magnitude-4.6 shake felt by hundreds.

Police have confirmed the human remains found in a submerged car in Nelson are those of missing teenager Leo Lipp-Neighbours.

A GNS scientist says monitoring of land movement since 2004 shows the Kaikōura earthquake lowered the land by 20 millimetres.

Police have apprehended two boys, aged 10 and 13, over a suspicious fire at a computer business in Richmond.

The owner of a Nelson charter boat is astonished a sunken car belonging to a missing man wasn't found sooner, given the nearby wharf is popular place for fishing.

A vehicle resembling that in which Nelson teenager Leo Lipp-Neighbours was last seen seven years ago has been hauled from Nelson Harbour.

A car found submerged in water near a Nelson wharf yesterday might be linked to the disappearance of a young man seven years ago.

Special housing areas that side-step public consultation are causing disquiet among some Nelson city councillors.

Nelson's Christ Church Cathedral needs millions of dollars worth of seismic strengthening and the public may be asked to help raise the funds for the work

The stiff poses of Victorian folk etched in glass and stored in a Nelson archive have slowly made their way into the digital era.

New housing under special legislation will cost much more than Nelson's median price of $470,000, the city's council has been told.

The Education Ministry is accused of telling a parent Salisbury School was closing - supposedly before a decision was made.

Police have named the second man who was killed in a crash on the Coastal Highway near Nelson earlier this week.

Police are investigating the attempted abduction of a 27-year-old woman.

Police have laid charges against a US man after two people died in a crash in the Tasman district on Monday.

The Supreme Court has ruled the government must honour a land deal struck in 1830s between the New Zealand Company and Māori in the Nelson region.

An injured Canadian caver who fell while inside New Zealand's deepest vertical shaft was in good spirits when she was lifted out late last night. Audio