Nelson Region

Two men have been charged with aggravated robbery and kidnapping that allegedly involved taking the man to an ATM and demanding he withdraw money.

Ralph Bradley, saw his first aurora aged 10, and now retired, he has helped an area near Nelson get accreditation as NZ's first Dark Sky Park.

Firefighters and neighbours helped three people escape a burning house in Nelson early this morning.

Nelson's old "lollipop" parking meters have sold like hot cakes in a fundraising move sparked by a council staff member.

The group governing a 22-hectare motor camp in Nelson has floated plans to convert part of it into a showroom for tiny homes.

Veteran politician Nick Smith says it is not significant that his campaign launch is being attended by National's finance spokesman and not the party's new leader.

The Nelson Food Factory, inspired by trustee Pic Picot of Pic's Peanut Butter World, is operated as a charitable trust and is designed as a collaborative working space for various businesses.

The police are seeking information from the public following a burglary in Nelson last month.

The operator of an eco-sanctuary in Golden Bay said a large surprise donation would allow it to advance critical conservation plans.

It is one of New Zealand's smallest islands, but still large enough to host a range of pests and rodents.

New Zealand Defence Force medic Jase Denharder has revealed what happened when he reached trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor.

The search for two missing trampers in north west Nelson has been suspended for the day due to poor weather.

Nelson-Tasman's emergency operations base - opened in 2014 - is already too small.

Searchers have so far failed to find two trampers missing in Kahurangi National Park, but an experienced rescue volunteer says there could still be a chance for the pair.

A business coach guiding business owners through the wreckage of the Covid-19 crisis expects those under 40 will be hardest hit.

A union and a former Nelson mayor have raised questions over the employment of three members of one family at a council-owned firm.

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

While Nelson-Tasman basked in the golden autumn sun during the Covid-19 lockdown, the watershed moment came with heaps of changes that the Nelson libraries is now recording.

The driver of a vehicle that rammed a police car in Nelson and then fled, has been found and arrested.

The head of Grey Power Nelson says half of its almost 7000 members have no internet, and have relied on vital health updates via television and radio.