Stories by Samantha Gee

An Australian couple who came to New Zealand on a bucket-list campervan holiday have cut their trip short after two cancelled ferry crossings left them unable to get to the North Island.

Rod Dixon is in Nelson with fellow Olympian running champion Lorraine Moller to help four Nelsonians, including Mayor Nick Smith, prepare for the largest marathon in the world.

The West Coast councils have met with the local government minister to air their concerns about the impact of water reforms in some of the most isolated parts of the country.

Some residents in Nelson are still waiting for their homes to be repaired six months after they were displaced by flooding.

A number of businesses in Greymouth have been damaged after a tornado tore through the West Coast town on Monday night.

Almost two weeks after the Interislander's Kaitaki was taken out of service, people are still dealing with cancellations and delays.

Households spend less than 25 percent of their income on mortgage repayments in the West Coast, making the region attractive to those wanting to return from overseas.

NIWA data during flooding in 2021 showed Buller River had the largest river flows in New Zealand in almost 100 years.

The massive storm damaged scores of homes, motels are full in the city and more than 560 people are on a waiting list for social housing.

A science and technology precinct planned for Port Nelson will no longer go ahead, after supply chain issues and inflationary pressure saw the project cost almost double to $45 million.

After five years, scientists have gained a better understanding of the population of long-tailed bats that live at the Pelorus River, between Nelson and Blenheim. Video

Nelson mayor Nick Smith says the consent application is inconsistent with climate change emissions targets.

Unblocking wastewater pumps jammed with wet wipes has cost Tasman District ratepayers more than $80,000 in the past five years.

Residents in the Marlborough Sounds are still dealing with wrecked roads after two massive storms.

A team of search and rescue volunteers are set to search a remote area of the Nelson Lakes National Park for a German tramper who has been missing for nine years.

Conservationists are celebrating the success of a wild kākā breeding programme at the top of the South Island. Audio

Prince Harry's memoir Spare has hit the bookshelves in New Zealand, where it's predicted to make the bestseller list as it has done overseas.

There are mixed feelings as people head back to work today after many Kiwis had Covid-19 for Christmas.

A New Zealand company that makes fence posts out of soft plastic will soon be manufacturing its products in the South Island.

It is one of two organisations to file appeals against a decision giving the go-ahead to the country's first open ocean salmon farm.

Crews are on site 24 hours a day to complete repairs along the flood-damaged highway as they work to complete the repairs by 18 December.

New Zealand seafood company Sanford has scaled up its ability to create marine extracts with the opening of its $20 million Bioactives Centre just south of Blenheim. Audio

Nelson City Council has voted not to spend any more on the riverside library redevelopment and to consider removing the project from its long term plan.

Marlborough District Council says it is possible parts of Kenepuru Road in the Marlborough Sounds could be permanently closed after it was severely damaged in the August storm.

The Rai Valley township will be a lot quieter from this morning as State Highway 6 linking it to Nelson closes for seven weeks for emergency flood repairs.