Tracy Neal

The government has received 60 requests for emergency housing following the Kaikōura quake, with the number expected to climb.

Corrections has been told to pay more than $172,000 in reparations to the family of a man killed while doing community work.

Ross Ward and his wife are living in a borrowed horse truck after last month's quake. They're one of at least nine families in Marlborough forced from their homes.

The ruptured Kēkerengū fault has revealed more secrets about New Zealand's tectonic past, and can help inform what to expect in future, scientists say.

The ever growing number of boaties competing for space along the coast of the Abel Tasman National Park could be restricted to improve safety in the area. Audio

A community work sentence for a fisherman who caused 39 albatross deaths doesn't go far enough, Forest and Bird says.

Eleven buildings in Marlborough - 10 homes and one commercial property - have been red-stickered since last Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Audio

A couple who left behind busy corporate lives in the UK for quiet Motueka have had to rein in their booming small business.

Southern Marlborough absorbed some of the most damaging energy generated by the earthquake a week ago, a senior GNS scientist told a community gathering.

Earthquake damage in Wellington has renewed calls to move some state services to the regions.

Dorothy Caldwell, who at 98 has been dubbed the world's oldest navigator, is now helping her son navigate New Zealand in the international Haka classic car rally.

Sister city connections have gone beyond fostering friendships to developing economic ties, say advocates, as Nelson re-signs a relationship with the Japanese city of Miyazu.

A Hare Krishna group near Nelson has been issued a final warning to bring some of its buildings up to scratch, or they will have to be removed.

A Labour weekend sting by fisheries officers caught 'multiple' people illegally fishing blue cod in the Marlborough Sounds, including a charter vessel.

Fewer people aged under 40 are learning to drive, new statistics show, and there are now fewer teens on the road than over-75s.

A proposed ferry service to Port Motueka has raised fears for protected native birds.

Hundreds of mountain bikers will get to use a spectacular trail - until now open only to a few - under a deal between a Nelson club and a private landower.

Retailers in Nelson are hitting back at what they say is a lack of action over long-time vagrant Lewis Stanton, who has been camped outside a central city store for months. Video

A controversial Nelson roading project now has majority council support after this weekend's local government election results.

A plan to loosen rules around resource consents for marine farms, a move aimed at saving tens of millions of dollars, has been slammed by Marlborough's mayor. Audio

Sanford fishing company's Marlborough operation has received a civic award more than a year after the closure of its Christchurch plant.

Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatū in Nelson re-opened its doors today after an 18-month rebuild and refurbishment. Audio

Mussel and oyster cast-offs are an untapped industry for New Zealand, the founder of a biological byproduct company says.

Port Nelson's $60m expansion development includes a large new warehouse to support the region's burgeoning wine industry.

One of New Zealand's oldest public art galleries will re-open in Nelson this weekend following a $12 million renovation.