Tasman

Tasman District Council is considering forwarding a local bill to Parliament in a bid to gain access to Crown land for a large-scale dam.

Julie Brownlee's Neudorf Valley sheep milking operation supplies milk to Thorvald, a company that produces sheep's milk cheese and yoghurt in a factory right next to Julie's milking shed.

A Nelson supermarket is stepping up the war on plastic by cutting it out completely in the fruit and vegetables aisles, bakery and the bulk bins.

Some jobseekers in the Tasman District would rather stay on the dole than pick apples.

Chances are you’ve never heard of the Independent App Network of NZ, but its members have launched local news apps from Wellington to Ashburton and journalists are being hired to work on them.

A baby had died after being delivered by C-section following a crash in Nelson, police say.

Marlborough Sounds sheep farmer Noel Moleta is turning his hand to growing hops after purchasing a 122-hectare property near Tapawera. So far he has planted 14 hectares and another 15 are going in…

A Southwest Airlines plane flying from Chicago to New Jersey was forced to make an unscheduled stop after the outer pane of a window cracked.

Up to 30 businesses have applied for a share of a relief fund set up after cyclones Fehi and Gita.

Simon Easton has a 60-hectare apple orchard in the Tasman region. He says every year it gets harder to find fruit pickers, but this year takes the cake.

The number of jobseekers door-knocking a Motueka orchard and packhouse on a daily basis has dropped from the usual 20 or 30 a day to almost none, the orchard's director says.

The Tasman District Council says the bill for repairing cyclone-damaged public infrastructure will be close to $12 million.

Some Golden Bay businesses say they've seen a big boost in tourist numbers over Easter.