Marlborough

The water quality of Blenheim's Taylor River is the best it's been in years, but that doesn't mean it's safe to jump in just yet.

A spate of vehicle break-ins has police in Blenheim appealing for information from the public to identify two offenders.

It will cost more than $80 million to repair storm-damaged roads across the Marlborough district.

Police recovered the body late last night after it was seen in the vehicle earlier in the day.

Mike Aviss has a vision for Marlborough's east coast; to have it overtaken by native plants.

The roof over the oldest merchant ship in the world leaks, and the walls of its dry dock let seawater in.

The country's largest salmon producer says it is being forced to close farms and let go of staff due to warmer water temperatures brought on by climate change.

The extent of how far-reaching wild kiwifruit is in the Marlborough Sounds is under the microscope - as the council considers whether it needs to be included in its pest management plan.

The historically unpredictable sea currents in Tory Channel, the gateway for ferries travelling between the North and South Island, may have just become easier to understand.

Despite weather setbacks, a new cycle and walkway from Picton to Kaikōura should have a clip-on bridge north of Blenheim finished before winter.

Vehicle length restrictions will remain on two major roads in the Marlborough Sounds as storm repair work continues.

Marlborough mayor John Leggett says the convoluted design makes no sense and he questions how it would deliver better quality drinking water and better environmental outcomes.

Residents living near Nelson Airport are being asked to have their say on a proposed runway extension and future noise increases.

Iwi across the top of the South Island are now well equipped to be part of the official emergency management response in the event of a disaster.

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man after an investigation into methamphetamine dealing near a primary school in Blenheim.

Marlborough-based King Salmon has made a large full year loss, and is raising more than $60 million to improve its balance sheet.

Marlborough-based King Salmon has been placed in a trading halt ahead of the scheduled release of its full year result and a potential capital raising.

Marlborough's libraries will not censor content just because someone takes offence to it.

Environmental watchdog group Guardians of the Sounds has obtained figures showing New Zealand King Salmon dumped close to 1300 tonnes of fish waste in landfill over the last three months.