District health boards report bad stuff that happens to patients

Scott Watson has always claimed he is innocent of the murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

A man who says he was severely beaten for wearing a pink shirt has halted police investigations after he decided not to make a formal statement.

A group of Scott Watson supporters today began a series of marches to highlight their case that he is wrongly imprisoned for the Marlborough Sounds murders.

Elisabeth Easther dives into the history of the Marlborough Sounds' best kept secret.

A truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed a Christchurch father of three today pleaded not guilty.

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

A man has been rescued by helicopter after his float plane crashed in the Marlborough Sounds this evening. The Nelson Marlborough

Despite law professor raising questions over perplexing Sounds double murder, convicted killer's father says "the system doesn't want to listen".

A housebus and sand-blasting shed have been extensively damaged by fire in Marlborough.

A woman who died after being hit by a car early on Sunday morning has been named by Marlborough Police.

With river levels rising, three women at the Thor Hut in the Kahurangi National Park were rescued by helicopter.

A 15-year-old mountain biker was winched to safety by a rescue helicopter yesterday.

Nigel Gately was arrested for breaching his parole conditions and is now in custody.

A convicted rapist now being sought by police had been commended for his post-release progress only months before when the parole board said it did not need to see him again.

The children of a boatie missing for more than two years have accepted it is more than likely that he is dead, an inquest has heard.

A tramper has been rescued after spending a freezing night in Marlborough bush.

There has been a death at a level crossing in Blenheim this afternoon.

Scientists have renewed their focus on Wairau Bar off Marlborough's Cloudy Bay, which bears secrets of our earliest settlers and their paths to Aotearoa.

The magnitude 4.5 quake struck just east of Seddon shortly before 4am.

It's home to some of the country's best wine but a lot of people don't know where it is.

One man is in intensive care after a head-on crash on the main road between Blenheim and Nelson that injured seven people.

It has been burning in 25 hectares of bush in steep terrain on Vernon Station, near Blenheim.

Thirteen people are facing drug and gun charges and further arrests are expected.

The ferry journey is as lovely as the destination, writes Neil Porten.

Elisabeth Easther flexes her mussels in the world's green shell capital.

Kittiya Nuandee was sleeping on a mattress on the bedroom floor next to a 10-year-old girl when a stranger came into the room and lay down between them.

Residents living in Waihopai Valley, where a forest fire is raging, have been warned; if there is a change in weather they may have to evacuate their homes.

Already stretched firefighters have been battling a second blaze in Marlborough today - but the smaller forest fire has been brought under control.

Firefighters are continuing to fight a major blaze in Marlborough as hot weather and strong winds add to their concerns.