Marlborough

A Danish woman tramping in the Marlborough Sounds has been winched to safety by a rescue helicopter after a fall.

A man lost on Mt Stanley in the Marlborough Sounds has been brought out of the bush by rescue volunteers.

A Marlborough councillor is refusing to sign a form to say he was not responsible for a leaked recording, describing it as a witch-hunt.

Police have found a large cache of weapons and ammunition - and a cannabis growing room - at a rural Blenheim property.

Dirty politics have hit small-town New Zealand with candidates in Marlborough and Nelson the targets of an apparent smear campaign, a Nelson city mayoral candidate says.

Sailings of the troubled Cook Strait ferry Aratere have been cancelled until problems with the ship's rudder are fixed.

Declaring a man medically fit just 24 hours after a heart attack so he could be sent to a psychiatric hospital breached his rights, the public health watchdog says.

State Highway 6 in Marlborough has re-opened after a pedestrian died when they were hit by a vehicle early this morning.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck north of the Marlborough Sounds, GeoNet reports.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission wants ship pilots' training improved urgently after a cruise ship hit a rock in the Marlborough Sounds.

Sewage is likely to have caused the deaths of dozens of eels in a Picton stream, the local council says.

Serious breaches of employment standards among contractors operating in Marlborough vineyards are threatening the wine industry's reputation, says a labour inspector.