Marlborough

A study of Picton's air quality could prompt changes for shipping, and for homeowners in the Marlborough harbour town.

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

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.

Nelson-Marlborough Health says the region is being hit hard by influenza, with more people being admitted to hospital earlier than usual.

Allegations involving a Marlborough Boys' College staff member have been referred to police and Oranga Tamariki, the office of the Minister of Education says.

A long-time advocate for breast cancer patients has died, as Pharmac's drug advisory panel has again delayed its decision on funding life-prolonging cancer treatments. Audio

A Mediterranean fanworm invasion poses a serious threat to Marlborough's coastal waters and aquaculture industry, a council biosecurity manager says.

A forestry company has been fined more than $70,000 after poor practices led to significant sediment pollution in the Marlborough Sounds.

A 15-year-old Blenheim girl is still missing after police appealed for sightings of her yesterday.

A Marlborough Sounds conservation group and fishing company have put aside their differences to open a native wildlife facility.

Efforts by hunters to help restore a Marlborough wetland will be highlighted at a global conservation day next month, says Fish and Game.

Noel Moleta was brought up on D'Urville Island in the Marlborough Sounds and has been farming sheep on an isolated property at nearby Titirangi Bay for four decades.

A man has died after his car crashed into a river at a camp ground in Blenheim.

Around 400 lambs are on the loose in the Marlborough Sounds after a stock truck crashed earlier this week.