Marlborough

One in three rivers in Marlborough are polluted with faecal matter, according to new tests that have disappointed iwi.

At Te Whare Ra vineyard in Marlborough the Flowerdays grow seven different varieties of grape on 11 hectares and some of their vines are the oldest in the region - planted back in the 1970s. Raising…

Three people on board a sinking boat near Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds have been rescued.

An electrician had to be "coached through" fixing a gas leak on a Cook Strait ferry, found an investigation which discovered a trail of systemic training and emergency planning failures.

The Interislander ferry has successfully berthed in Picton after a 12-hour journey but more ferries are still at sea.

Two men have been seriously injured in a boating incident in the Marlborough Sounds.

Max Nelson is one of the last of the old-time rabbiters who fought plagues of rabbits in places like the back country stations of Marlborough. He worked for Awatere Rabbit Board in the 1960s and a lot…

A new system to map bad smells in Marlborough has picked up two smells so pungent people were unable to use their house.

Houses could be built in Blenheim's quake-prone east with innovative engineering, says a councillor concerned that its subdivision potential is not being catered for.

A Māori ward is back on the cards in Marlborough after the government announced sweeping changes to a "racist" law.

If State Highway 1's dangerous Weld Pass isn't addressed soon it will be like 'stepping back into the Dark Ages', a transport committee chairperson says.

People hunkering down in pandemic-hit US and UK - major markets for Marlborough wine - has meant a lift in sales of wine from New Zealand's largest wine growing region.

Precious wetlands in Kaikōura that have been drained and degraded for generations, are now being lovingly restored and protected. Video

There's more empty parks than cars in front of the Atlantis backpacker hostel by Picton's foreshore, but visitors complain they are being rubbed the wrong way by 'overzealous' parking wardens.

Canterbury and Marlborough are again sweltering in hot temperatures today with Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru about 30C or higher.

A couple from the United Kingdom has "lost everything" after the vehicle they were living in caught fire at a Marlborough camping site.

Fire and Emergency is urging vigilance of fire danger in Canterbury and most of the upper South Island.