Primary responsibility for civil defence emergency management at a local level rests with your local council.

It's beginning to feel like summer in some parts of the country, with pohutukawa bursting into bloom. "People have been getting a

Lotto players in Auckland, Paraparaumu, Nelson and Dunedin got a pleasant surprise tonight.

District health boards report bad stuff that happens to patients

A man has died and another has been seriously injured after the motorcycle they were on crashed into a tree today.

Police are looking for a mustachioed man who was caught on CCTV robbing a service station in Nelson. The Z service station on Halifax

A Kiwi flight attendant has been injured after a severe bout of turbulence on an Air New Zealand plane.

A dog attacked Gordon Jenkins' wife. He responded by stabbing it 43 times in the neck.

A group of schoolchildren made a lucky escape before their school bus was completely gutted by fire in Nelson this afternoon.

A New Zealand-owned fishing trawler called Endurance has run aground at the Boulder Bank in Nelson this morning.

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Nelson blade runner Liam Malone has been given a key to Nelson at a public ceremony on the steps of Nelson Cathedral this afternoon.

A woman was indecently assaulted by a teenager who talked his way in to her Nelson home saying he needed to use the toilet.

Police are seeking a 26-year-old man with grave concerns for his safety.

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

A man who continually sexually assaulted a drunk French tourist despite her repeatedly telling him to stop said the victim was "into it".

The girl injured herself while tramping with her family at Upper Travers Hut late on Sunday afternoon.

A message in a bottle found in the Chatham Islands has helped solve the mystery of another letter in a bottle found on Nelson's Boulder Bank more than a decade ago.

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.

A police investigation into a birthday cake laced with cannabis, which was served at a Nelson restaurant to unsuspecting diners, has been inconclusive.

The area's creativity is on show, writes Sara Bunny.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

A 52-year-old man has been charged with the murder of John Murray Morton whose body was found in the rear of a boat in Nelson two weeks ago.

A man is facing a serious assault charge after a woman was injured on a Nelson city street last week.

Mystery surrounds a late-night car crash in Nelson and a woman who suffered serious injuries.

Police have confirmed a Nelson man suffered a "very violent attack" which led to his death.

The victim of a suspicious death in Nelson lived on a boat often seen in the area where his body was found.

The victim of a suspicious death on a Nelson boat was a man of European descent, police say.