Nelson Region

A 7.2 percent rates increase is one of five substantial deviations from its Long Term Plan that Nelson City Council is expected to consult with residents about.

Repeated vandalisation of Nelson's public toilets has cost ratepayers at least $27,000 with toilet bowls being smashed and pipework cut through.

Simon Allan Bevers, 56, was found dead last March in his tent at an apple orchard.

Nelson mayor Nick Smith says the consent application is inconsistent with climate change emissions targets.

Police have made two arrests in connection to a gang-related shooting in Nelson.

A team of search and rescue volunteers are set to search a remote area of the Nelson Lakes National Park for a German tramper who has been missing for nine years.

Part of Nelson's main library has reopened today, after urgent work was done to secure heavy ceiling tiles that posed an earthquake risk.

Volunteers in Golden Bay will be soon be hand-feeding pakahā, or fluttering shearwater chicks, once 100 birds are relocated to Cape Farewell.

Marine antifouling technologies that include air bubble barriers could help keep marinas clean and stop ships being turned away from New Zealand ports.

Police have confirmed a man has died, after he was found unresponsive in the water at a Nelson beach.

A 33-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a firearms incident in Nelson last month.

Visitors to Nelson Lakes National Park this summer are being asked to stay on land, to help protect the lakes from an algae that causes a mucus-like substance.

Fans will be toasting a glass of red red wine tonight, unless they're underage.

Tourism operators have joined forces to establish a bus service between Nelson and the Abel Tasman National Park.

Businesses in Nelson's city centre have called for more police in the CBD to deter the rise in crime that they're witnessing.

A new $5 million hatchery in Nelson is aiming to ensure a reliable supply of oyster spat for New Zealand's largest oyster producer, Moana New Zealand.

Nelson would be left without a fully functioning hospital in a major earthquake, the city's mayor says.