Marlborough

Houses could be built in Blenheim's quake-prone east with innovative engineering, says a councillor concerned that its subdivision potential is not being catered for.

A Māori ward is back on the cards in Marlborough after the government announced sweeping changes to a "racist" law.

If State Highway 1's dangerous Weld Pass isn't addressed soon it will be like 'stepping back into the Dark Ages', a transport committee chairperson says.

Precious wetlands in Kaikōura that have been drained and degraded for generations, are now being lovingly restored and protected. Video

There's more empty parks than cars in front of the Atlantis backpacker hostel by Picton's foreshore, but visitors complain they are being rubbed the wrong way by 'overzealous' parking wardens.

Canterbury and Marlborough are again sweltering in hot temperatures today with Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru about 30C or higher.

A couple from the United Kingdom has "lost everything" after the vehicle they were living in caught fire at a Marlborough camping site.

Fire and Emergency is urging vigilance of fire danger in Canterbury and most of the upper South Island.

A body has been found in the search for a missing swimmer in Kaikōura.

Marlborough harbour authorities are using a drone to send safety messages to the boaties this summer.

Talks will begin next year between the Marlborough District Council and Port Marlborough over an "appropriate" spot to put freedom campers looking to use the ferries.

Police are appealing for information after a hit-and-run driver struck a teenager in Blenheim late on Christmas Day.

It now costs $22 to dump a big bag of lawn clippings in Marlborough after new charges were brought in this month - up from approximately $4 charged previously.

Port Marlborough will look to borrow from its parent company to build a new multimillion-dollar ferry terminal.

When the Marlborough District Council finished writing its new environment plan in June 2016, it had no idea a one-in-5000-year quake would strike near Kaikōura five months later.

A five-star hotel is worried it will lose a million-dollar guest that takes up the top floor of its southern wing "365 days a year" if a social housing plot next door is developed.

Plans to expand Marlborough Airport might not mean Dunkin Donuts or duty-free shopping, but it could mean new wine or food experiences.

Gardeners are being warned to protect themselves against Legionnaires' disease after five people in the upper South Island were hospitalised with it this month.

Two-thirds of Marlborough's council-owned freedom camping sites will shut under a new draft bylaw.