Marlborough

Methamphetamine, a loaded shotgun and ammunition were seized today as police targeted a drug supply operation in Nelson and Marlborough.

Community groups are appealing a new scheme which aims to stop septic tanks leaking human waste into the Marlborough Sounds.

Two people have been charged in relation to a vineyard built at Wairau Bar in Blenheim, where one of the earliest Māori settlements is thought to have been.

Some Marlburians continue to voice their frustration over the slow or severed internet connection they experience as the council considers annual plan submissions.

Police in Blenheim are investigating how a baby received head injuries.

Graffiti has appeared on the side of Blenheim's historic courthouse, with Marlborough ratepayers forking out $33,000 to clean up after taggers and vandals last year.

A Marlborough councillor's husband is petitioning the council to keep freedom camping sites closed as the nation moves into alert level 2.

Air pollution in Blenheim has improved during the coronavirus lockdown, but things could have played out differently had alert level 4 been declared over winter, an air scientist says.

Court documents showed the charges, laid between 4 April and today, related to obstructing a medical officer.

Land beneath a library and art gallery project in Blenheim has been identified as a "potential risk to human health".

One of Marlborough's most popular summer swimming spots has been claimed by a council so it can better police river speedsters.

An aquaculture boss is concerned more salmon will die due to the delay deciding on its Marlborough farm.

Rubbish bins that never overflow will be scrapped as the Covid-19 coronavirus triggers a nationwide drop in tourism.

Rembrandt Drive will join Oakley Avenue, Whitehall Drive and Granville Close in Blenheim's newest subdivision.

Multimillion-dollar plans to upgrade Picton's ferry terminal have opened for public feedback.

Community facilities in Marlborough could get a $1.2 million boost to tackle shortfalls triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

The rural community is banding together to help a Marlborough woman whose husband died suddenly, just as New Zealand entered lockdown.

Members of the public now have three more weeks to contest Marlborough District Council's "New Zealand first" proposed environment plan.

A crayfishing company is trying to make peace with iwi leaders and conservationists who oppose its bid to get its boats back in the waters off Marlborough's east coast.