Nelson Region

It has been reported to police, and a local councillor says the 'unfortunate' incident takes away from legitimate concerns.

The 26-hectare Tāhunanui slump is a slow moving, active slip which was last activated by heavy rain.

The council is consulting with the public over the cat management bylaw, which is being proposed as a way to address common cat nuisance problems.

It is part of a campaign to improve nurse-to-patient ratios and highlight the need for more health funding across Aotearoa.

The government has allocated $3.6 million of taxpayer funds to appeal the High Court's forthcoming decision in the Nelson Tenths case.

It is the last and most difficult of the challenges that has arisen from a storm in 2022, the mayor says.

Four siblings from Pigeon Valley, near Nelson, have spent the summer collecting wood from around their rural property and are kick-starting their savings by selling boxes of kindling. Audio

Students at Salisbury School now have a fleet of bicycles they can ride again, after Bike Hub Nelson pitched in to repair nearly 20 bikes that had fallen into disrepair.

It will be several weeks before a final recommendation is given on Nelson Airport's plans to extend its runway north after an "emotionally charged" hearing.

The boss of a popular Nelson campground has made an impassioned plea for long-term residents - many of them elderly - to be able to remain at Tāhuna Beach Holiday Park.

The majority of residents who made submissions to the council's long-term plan support it buying out private properties affected by the August 2022 storm.

A Nelson roundabout that has been the site of 26 crashes in 10 years is set to receive a $1 million upgrade to improve pedestrian and cycle safety.

There are concerns that changes to Nelson Hospital's redevelopment plans will result in front line services being cut and poorer outcomes for patients.

The 10 homes that the council bought for $6.7 million are on the market for relocation.

The comments section is not a healthy way to debate issues the community is facing, council says.

Rotary International's first female president - who is in NZ - says the local projects are some of the best she has seen in her global travels.

Joanna Lois Beach and Bondi Reihana Richmond, both 18, died on Monday.

Search and rescue personnel were called in to retrieve the teenagers' bodies from the bottom of a steep bank.

A United Nations indigenous rights expert has made a special visit to the top of the South Island to learn about the Nelson Tenths case and the Crown's breach of its legal obligations to Māori.

The plastics will be recycled and used to make fence posts.