Stories by Chloe Ranford

The organiser of a petition against a proposed quad bike ban in Marlborough has been "given hope" after meeting with a top council boss.

A conservationist is concerned a third of submissions about an open-ocean salmon farm managed to "disappear" from a council website.

When the Marfells gifted their family beach to the government, they were hoping the public would get the same fun riding their "horse and cart" on the sand as they had. Video

A packed stormwater system has delayed plans to add $3 million worth of carparks to Marlborough Airport.

Going paperless, getting fit and giving less time to "perpetually offended grievance hunters" are on this year's to-do list for Marlborough councillors.

Conservationists fighting to protect Marlborough beaches from vehicles say people abusing them should talk to the decision-makers instead.

Rural Marlborough residents have backed neighbouring towns trying to leave the Kaikōura council, but warn that small communities "don't get much" in the larger region.

An application from the country's largest salmon farming company to start farming fish in the "open ocean" has divided opinion, with some calling it an "innovative milestone", but others labelling it…

Marlborough District Council is planning to bust its own limit on rates rises in each of the next three financial years.

This year saw more responsibilities heaped from central government onto councils through new proposed freshwater rules, an overhaul of the country's three waters systems, and new "well-being" targets.

A plan to install raised pedestrian crossings metres from what is considered Marlborough's second-worst roundabout has hit a bump.

Growing intolerance of pollution is causing Marlborough residents to dob in their neighbours who produce dirty or smoky air.

Children have helped convince a regional council to lower speed limits outside their school and cut the chances of being "squished".

Kaikōura residents hoping to become part of Marlborough's council area are considering taking their case to the Local Government Commission.

Chorus has been criticised for 'grossly misleading flattery' in a bid to land a contract with a council it thought was cashed up, while at the same time, stringing along a competitor.

Marlborough wells have tested positive for contaminants including sunscreen, preservatives, chemicals, but their impact on human or environmental health is still unknown, an expert says.

One region's tourism outfit says Jetstar has done the district a favour by pulling flights from regional centres in New Zealand.

A bid by northern Kaikōura residents to be rezoned to Marlborough is a no-go.

Tough new freedom camping rules that ban camping at a number of areas are being praised by Kaikōura residents.

A "cavalier" Marlborough man who built five tiny houses and tried to sell some on TradeMe said he didn't think he needed building consent because they were moveable.

About half of New Zealand's 78 councils splash out on single-use plastic cups, figures obtained show.

Four of five iwi positions at the Marlborough District Council remain empty, with many of the region's Māori skilled in governance "wrapped up in their own iwi dynamics".

Nadine Taylor has been appointed Marlborough's deputy mayor, and mayor John Leggett signalled the council had a "lot of work to do" on the environment.

A South Island council in financial peril could lose half of its ratepaying area to its "very kind" neighbour if a resident-driven campaign is successful.

The last piece of a land jigsaw puzzle has fallen into place for a much-anticipated library and art gallery project in Blenheim.