Marlborough

Further north near Blenheim, other firefighters who've been battling a big scrub fire are on edge as it flares up again. Audio

Fire crews in North Canterbury and Marlborough have been scrambling to control blazes this afternoon. Audio

Politicians, iwi and the Department of Conservation have joined force to try to manage the competing environmental demands on the Marlborough Sounds. Audio

The National Whale Centre opens in Picton to focus on the natural and cultural history of cetaceans and to mark 50 years since the end of commercial whaling in New Zealand. Audio

Marlborough hill country farmer David Grigg, Mid-Canterbury cropping farmer David Clark and Tim Jones from 45 South Cherry Orchard in Central Otago. Audio

The National Whale Centre opens in Picton to focus on the natural and cultural history of cetaceans and to mark 50 years since the end of commercial whaling in New Zealand. Audio

It's nearly 50 years since Marlborough whalers J. A. Perano and Company harpooned their last whale in New Zealand waters. Peter Perano reflects on what it was like to be a third generation whaler… Audio

A team of Marlborough women -and one bloke- take turns hand-milking Daffodil at 3pm each day. From the Jersey cow's milk they process a variety of goodies from cultured butter and cream to cheeses and… Audio

Dame Anne Salmond discusses Maori relations with the ocean, comparing Te Whanau a Apanui's opposition to the oil company Petrobras' drilling ship to the time 250 years earlier when canoes headed out… Audio

New Zealand landscape photographer who draws from his work of the last thirty years, much previously unpublished, for the new book, Spirit of the South, a photographic tribute to the mainland. Audio

Pic Picot started making his own peanut butter about 10 years ago and selling it at the Nelson Market. Today he roasts 20 tonnes of peanuts a week! Audio

A Catholic priest from Blenheim has been discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting a teenaged boy. Audio

The pleasures and pitfalls of a low vision lifestyle: You'll seldom see a cane in Mike Steven's hand but he has just one eighth of the vision most people enjoy. Mike is one of almost 170 thousand New… Audio

New Zealand's expert in all things Middle Earth, Ian Brodie, has written and illustrated The Hobbit location guidebook, which includes the Pelorus River site in Marlborough and several sites in the… Audio

A breed of mites may provide a solution to the South Island's huge wasp problem. It's believed the number of wasps in the South's beech forests is the highest in the world, with the insects posing a… Audio

The Nelson Marlborough DHB has apologised for failures which resulted in a woman's death from blood loss after a low risk gallbladder operation at Wairau Hospital. Audio

Firefighters think a large blaze that has burned almost seven hectares of pine plantation in Marlborough was started by two boys playing with matches. Audio

The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board has since apologised. Audio

In the North Island grass growth's really kicking in, although chilly temperatures are hitting this weekend, and frost protection's needed in Marlborough's vineyards. Audio

The Fire Service has launched an investigation into accusations a group of drunken volunteer firefighters in Blenheim threatened bar staff and hit a woman in the face. Audio