Nelson Region

A group holding pro-Palestinian rallies in Nelson has taken a complaint to the police about alleged aggressive behaviour from Destiny Church members.

New data shows Nelson's economic performance was the worst of any region in New Zealand in the last year.

Work is about to start to repair a landslide on a Nelson road, which occurred during major flooding and storms that affected the region in August 2022.

She claimed her name was an "artificial construct" after appearing in court on charged with failing to stop at a police checkpoint.

Nelson City Council is leasing a central city site previously tagged for housing development to a market gardener.

Farmers are a resilient bunch, but the conditions they're facing are out of the ordinary, the Agriculture Minister says.

She met the first man she would go on to falsely accuse as he was walking to the bus station.

The axe is about to fall on a drug and alcohol screening service in two district courts.

As Māori in Nelson await a decision in the dispute, work is underway to reconnect with thousands of descendants of the original 300 customary landowners.

A suite of roadworks that will disrupt travel on major highways has prompted warnings for motorists to plan ahead.

More than $6 million has been set aside to clean up four vulnerable dumps.

The father of the girl, who had a sexual relationship with a man she met at a skating rink, has spoken of his devastation at not being able to protect his daughter.

A person has been killed after a glider crash at Lake Station airstrip, police say.

A man who crashed his Triumph motorbike into a car at a busy Auckland intersection left his passenger at the scene.

A Nelson mother is taking Risk Direct to the Disputes Tribunal after it used a photo of her and her son in an advertisement.

The ban applies to the Coastal, Waimea and Nelson North zones in the Nelson Tasman region.

Mark Sullivan became an unexpected air ambulance patient after a plane crash and says without the service, his experience would have been "horrific".

Two days of heavy rain in 2022 washed sediment down the hillside and caked the road in mud.

Firefighters battling the pine plantation blaze at Lee Valley near Nelson are extending a fire containment line in an effort to protect homes in the area.