Stories by Tracy Neal

A union and a former Nelson mayor have raised questions over the employment of three members of one family at a council-owned firm.

A petition supporting the retention of an Air New Zealand maintenance base in Nelson has attracted 16,000 signatures.

Golden Bay had almost everything Rebecca Hayter needed for the lockdown - but it wasn't all plain sailing.

The South Island's largest springtime event has been cancelled for the first time since World War 2.

While Nelson-Tasman basked in the golden autumn sun during the Covid-19 lockdown, the watershed moment came with heaps of changes that the Nelson libraries is now recording.

A Nelson woman who is hard of hearing says it is now more difficult to access essential services.

Potential for more aquaculture in Tasman and Golden Bays, and in Northland, Southland and the Coromandel has triggered growth in one of the New Zealand's largest aquaculture consultancies.

The head of iwi-owned Wakatū Incorporation says the Covid-19 crisis demonstrates the value of staying local, of food sovereignty and the strength of community networks.

Air New Zealand is scrambling to save costs as it fights to remain alive in a world where few are now flying.

The head of New Zealand's Road Transport Forum says trucking firms are starting to see the benefit of a drop in fuel prices.

The Whanganui man joins others facing a potentially fatal wait as resource-reallocations cause surgeries to be cancelled.

Tasman is powering ahead with an idea to build a hydro electricity station on the Waimea Community Dam south of Richmond.

The Napier City Council says property owners would be looking at a 14 percent rates increase, if they were to absorb the true costs incurred by the Covid-19 crisis.

The head of a Nelson-based commuter airline said part of the government's loan agreement with Air New Zealand meant regional New Zealand should expect an air service in future.

The country's fruit and vegetable growers say moving to level 3 on the Covid-19 scale will ease pressure on some in the sector, but many consumers still won't be able to get their greens.

Stoats had led to the local extinction of little spotted kiwi, yellow-crowned kākāriki and South Island kākā on the island in the western Marlborough Sounds.

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 remained at 33, says Nelson Marlborough Health, with all cases being travel-related, no hospitalisations, or evidence of a community outbreak in the region.

The country's arts development agency, Creative New Zealand, said despite the current challenges it faced the sector was showing signs of a creative revival.

Rocks from beneath the sea floor and even ancient under-sea volcanoes are providing fresh clues about what could trigger and even muffle potentially large earthquakes.

GNS Science has been trying to find five important earthquake monitoring devices missing under the ocean. A robot called Jason's been called in.

New Zealand's largest export industry has taken a massive hit from the Covid-19 crisis, but some high-end tourism companies are now looking at a market closer to home in order to keep the doors open.

A Pakistani businessman said strict lockdown of the country's 204 million people was causing serious hardship, but it was saving lives.

Tasman residents forced out of their homes by last year's wildfire say it does not compare with being in a lockdown.

A Nelson company that makes products for the fishing and farming industries has saved its workforce by switching to making re-usable PVC face shields.

The Salvation Army's gambling addiction support service is worried about the increased number of online gambling sites.