Marlborough

Picton's port was evacuated and ferries delayed while emergency services responded to a volatile gas leak from a rail wagon tank unit.

A recently widowed Marlborough dairy farmer says a logging operation that has sprung up on a neighbouring property is likely to destroy her farm.

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

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.

A man has been airlifted to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition after being shot in the leg.

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.

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.

A pedestrian has died in a single-car crash in Blenheim.

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

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

The government has announced funding to protect and restore one of the country's most at-risk river catchments in Marlborough.

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 fragile collection of native birds, lizards and plants could soon be protected by a ban against driving on some Marlborough beaches, following increased traffic after the Kaikōura earthquake.