Nelson Region

Benjamin Durrant and Abigail Page are accused of lighting two fires near Nelson last year, just weeks after the huge Pigeon Valley blaze started.

Three buildings in Nelson are to be closed this month because of the risk they pose in an earthquake.

Nelson City Council and iwi-owned Wakatu Incorporation have formalised a link with European experts on developing initiatives to tackle the consequences of climate change.

Some farmers in Northland are starting to come forward for financial assistance as a drought in the region continues.

The Nelson-Tasman Climate Forum is designed to unite local and central government leaders with local climate activists and help guide a community-led plan to tackle climate change.

A fireworks display planned for Nelson's Opera in Park today has been canned due to the fire risk.

Part of the Coastal Highway near Mapua, west of Nelson, has been closed after two cars crashed and caught fire early this morning.

A fire that took hold in an abandoned house in Nelson early this morning is now under control.

Of the thousands of drivers that were stopped at Nelson checkpoints testing for alcohol and drug impairment over the holidays, 21 drivers have been handed roadside suspensions .

Helicopters have been stood down from the site of a fire in the Kahurangi National Park in the northwest of the South Island.

A Tasman man whose car and 30 years of sheet music were stolen while he was at his father's funeral, says he's ecstatic to have them all back untouched - and with a note of apology.

The driver of a ute has died after colliding with a truck just north of Murchison.

The government's homelessness programme, Housing First, has been expanded to the top of the South Island.

A $20 million redevelopment of the main wharf at Port Nelson is about to start.

A fire has broke out in a Golden Bay cafe early this morning.

A person has been taken to hospital with severe burns after a house fire in Nelson this evening.

National's transport spokesperson says more than 17,000 people have voiced their opposition to radical speed limit reductions for State Highway 6 between Nelson and Blenheim.

Motorists are being asked to avoid State Highway 6 north of Nelson following a slip.

A family member of a woman who died in a Nelson hotel room has described the tension and verbal abuse that grew within the victim's marriage.