Nelson Region

With the lifting of restrictions under the orange traffic light setting, there will be no limit on the number of people who can attend Easter Services at churches across the motu.

Land earmarked for a housing development near central Nelson will be transferred into iwi ownership.

The council's initial proposal has been revoked after it was found it did not take into account the needs of blind and low vision citizens.

The bins have a small solar-powered compactor which crushes the rubbish, allowing it to hold more than a standard bin.

A campaign to attract seasonal workers to the horticulture and viticulture industries in Nelson Tasman has recruited several hundred people, but many orchards in the top of the south are still looking…

A 56-year-old man has been found dead at a rural property in the village of Hope, south of Nelson, today.

There are now 17 cases of Covid-19 in Nelson, with the health board moving to "stamp out" Omicron in the region.

Five Air NZ flights have been linked to nine cases in the Nelson Tasman area, and a crew member has tested positive for the virus.

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 in Nelson and Tasman, all from the same household.

The kea population in the Nelson Lakes has been boosted with the addition of six chicks after a successful breeding season.

Almost 20 years after the idea for a pest-free sanctuary was first raised for the site of Nelson's former water works in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary, the first two species to be reintroduced are…

An emergency accommodation provider in Nelson is closing, after more than three decades supporting the city's homeless men.

Health officials are working to determine the source of the Covid-19 outbreak in the top of the South Island.

Reducing numbers of snapper, blue cod and crayfish have led to barren rocky reefs on parts of New Zealand's coastlines.

A climate action group are petitioning Nelson City Council to end industrial coal use in the region.

Trampers are being urged not to rely on cellphones after a couple were rescued from a snowy ridge on Saturday night.

A call to manage a population of deer on private land in Nelson has led to a donation of venison to a food rescue programme.

A group opposed to a housing development in Nelson's Kākā Valley are calling on the council to vote against land rezoning that would enable hundreds of homes to be built near the Maitai River.

Nineteen people have been arrested for flouting alert level 4 rules during anti-lockdown protests this morning, while in Nelson two people were fined after hand delivering offensive anti-vaccination…