Tracy Neal

Just over $145,000 from the Tasman mayoral fund has been paid out to people affected by the February fires.

Wastewater overflows into the environment are less harmful than having it flow back into people's homes, the Queenstown Lakes District Council says.

It was 90 years ago today the small township of Murchison, between Nelson and the West Coast, was torn apart by New Zealand's third-deadliest earthquake on record. Video

Deer hunters say 1080 poison drops threaten a rare herd of fallow deer in north-west Nelson.

Whale Watch Kaikōura is planning to build a new boat that will set it apart from other tour operators, its general manager says.

For decades Port Tarakohe has been a safe harbour for pleasure boats but some residents are worried extra funding will lead to a busier bay.

Better knowledge of the strong tides through Tory Channel is needed to prevent a major shipping disaster in the area, the Marlborough harbourmaster says.

Nelson MP says public access to the shoreline around Pepin Island could be stopped under new ownership.

The DNA of ancient kelp has revealed Dunedin was hit by an earthquake that rivalled the 2016 Kaikōura shake about 1000 years ago

A plan to farm salmon in a hydro lake on the South Island's West Coast has been dropped because the water is too warm.

While plans to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's arrival in Aotearoa have revived old wounds in the North, further south the welcome mat is almost ready.

Excavation during bridge construction unearths piles of beer bottles, some as old as the late 1800s.

A marina near Picton has resource consent for a $20 million expansion, meaning more berths for boaties to enjoy the Marlborough Sounds.

Parents from Marlborough Boys' College in Blenheim have spoken of their grief and anger over a sex scandal that has erupted at the school.

Mike Ward has spent his political career campaigning on green principles and he's now having his fifth crack at Nelson's mayoralty.

Police say visits to some firearms owners are being carried out as a result of information received about troubling behaviour.

Busby is a 24-year-old Texel-Romney cross wether, and his secret to old age may lie in his diet of fresh fruit - including feijoas. Video

The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners plans to go to the police about the way in which some firearms owners are being treated, in response to new legislation banning some weapons.

At the Teapot Valley cordon this morning, police and Civil Defence emergency staff were letting only residents through.

The remaining 250 people who were evacuated because of the Tasman wildfires are now able to go home.

Nelson-Tasman is struggling with its driest weather in decades, with Golden Bay now in a one-in-20-year drought.

First there were floods, then fire and now drought with a water scientist saying the Tasman district is facing its worst drought since 2001.

Relentless heat and dry conditions are testing tempers, as hundreds remain out of their homes after the Tasman wildfires.

The animals including sheep, goats, dogs, chickens and turkeys, evacuated from areas threatened by the Tasman wildfire, are now on their way home.

The Tasman District is to meet under urgency as drought conditions loom.