Stories by Tracy Neal

A forest company that lost thousands of pine trees in the Tasman wildfires wants tougher rules around fire prevention to include the wider public.

More than $1 million funding will help 70,000 native trees be planted around an under-threat estuary.

Full public access to a mountain bike park near Nelson will not be in place for possibly up to a year, a Department of Conservation manager says.

The association that represents international liners says cruise ships coming to New Zealand from January next year will meet new clean-burning standards.

Development levies on a single house built in Kingston, near Queenstown could go as high as $44,000.

The roughly $22 million, 860-hectare mountain bike park at Wairoa Gorge, south of Nelson, is set among ecologically valuable forest and will be open to all.

Councils and iwi from across the top of the South Island have teamed up with the Department of Conservation on a plan to restore the region's natural landscapes.

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

National MP Judith Collins and the parties involved in a legal battle around her Nelson property have now settled the case.

Bananas might one day be a staple crop in this country, as growers and farmers face the challenges of climate change, says the head of Horticulture NZ.

National MP Judith Collins and her husband are taking legal action against a Nelson couple and the city council over property damage caused by a landslip eight years ago.

Just over $145,000 from the Tasman mayoral fund has been paid out to people affected by the February fires.

Wastewater overflows into the environment are less harmful than having it flow back into people's homes, the Queenstown Lakes District Council says.

It was 90 years ago today the small township of Murchison, between Nelson and the West Coast, was torn apart by New Zealand's third-deadliest earthquake on record. Video

Deer hunters say 1080 poison drops threaten a rare herd of fallow deer in north-west Nelson.

Whale Watch Kaikōura is planning to build a new boat that will set it apart from other tour operators, its general manager says.

For decades Port Tarakohe has been a safe harbour for pleasure boats but some residents are worried extra funding will lead to a busier bay.

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

Nelson MP says public access to the shoreline around Pepin Island could be stopped under new ownership.

The DNA of ancient kelp has revealed Dunedin was hit by an earthquake that rivalled the 2016 Kaikōura shake about 1000 years ago

A plan to farm salmon in a hydro lake on the South Island's West Coast has been dropped because the water is too warm.

While plans to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's arrival in Aotearoa have revived old wounds in the North, further south the welcome mat is almost ready.

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.

Parents from Marlborough Boys' College in Blenheim have spoken of their grief and anger over a sex scandal that has erupted at the school.