Stories by Maia Hart

Central Blenheim has become a place to socialise rather than shop, forcing retailers to close their doors.

Creeks in Marlborough that have "never dried out before" are empty, leaving questions about how long until the region needs tighter water restrictions.

Seagulls have started nesting behind sun screens on the side of Blenheim's new library and art gallery.

Three years after agreeing to put macrons on more than a dozen incorrect te reo Māori street signs in Marlborough, most of them have been fixed. It is pleasing progress,...

NZTA explains why longer days and warm temperatures are the "best time" for resurfacing roads.

A former Port Marlborough chairperson and councillor says it came as no surprise the government called time-out on the Cook Strait ferries.

The NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has signalled how much it will fund towards fixing and improving roads in the Marlborough Sounds.

The government's decision to halt the Cook Strait ferry project is a "heavy blow", says a top of the south iwi chairperson.

When protests were taking place across the country led by Te Pāti Māori, "Blenheim was a little bit shy".

A small group of neighbours between Blenheim and the sea fear a solar farm planned for their quiet neighbourhood will turn it into an industrial-like zone.

Persistent marine heatwaves in Cook Strait are thought to be behind the record-breaking sea temperatures.

A former council candidate in Marlborough thinks new MP Jamie Arbuckle should be able to resign from the council without a by-election.

The Marlborough District Council approved the consent application, subject to 24 conditions.

Deciding whether to chop a tree down has often been a fraught process at the Marlborough District Council, but new technology could change that.

A Blenheim homeowner wants Kāinga Ora to help double glaze their house if they build a two-storey property beside them, claiming it will block the sun into their "already cold" home.

An idea to "word bank" rejected Māori street names for developers to "pluck" from when building future subdivisions misses the point, says an iwi still waiting on tohutō promised two years ago.

More than half the responses to a survey on the future of Marlborough's roads say Sounds homeowners should pay more for Sounds repairs than other residents.

It is hoped a plan to protect another 64 "ecologically significant" parts of the Marlborough Sounds will reverse damage.

The health system faces uncertainty as it undergoes a restructure, one of Marlborough's health bosses concedes, after asking councillors to champion the need for "local stewardship" of health…

A stormwater pond in a new subdivision in Blenheim will not be fenced despite ongoing calls from concerned residents.

The number of people wandering into Te Kahu o Waipuna has more than doubled since its opening.

Following the severe flooding in Marlborough in July 2021 and August 2022, the distribution of landslides across the Marlborough Sounds was mapped and damage assessed.

With the prospect of higher rates for Marlborough homeowners, there's no straight forward answer for fixing the broken Sounds network, but some say it's understandable "there's a price to be paid".

Vehicles are no longer allowed on most of Marlborough's east coast following the adoption of a bylaw that recognises the "special stretch of coast".

Overseas recruits have been called in to help fill gaps in a labour shortage which has led to recycling and rubbish being chucked into the same rubbish truck and taken to landfill.