Family members and police are worried about Jeremy Flatt, 37, who was last seen on September 19.

A man who slashed his crewmate's throat before stabbing him twice has successfully appealed to have his sentence reduced - after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Woman who got up early to watch the rugby was almost four times the legal alcohol limit while driving to work.

Two policemen who saved a man from a burning flat are being hailed as lifesavers. One of the rescuers required hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.

A 51-year-old man was found by members of the public after being assaulted in Nelson just after 2pm.

Two inexperienced trampers owe their lives to the volunteer search and rescue parties that rescued them from the Nelson Lakes National Park on the weekend, police say.

Two trampers were rescued from a mountain in Nelson Lakes National Park after spending a night exposed to -18C and falling snow.

An apparent ram raid of a car parts supplier in Nelson this morning is being investigated by police.

A DOC investigation is underway following allegations of kea being shot at a forestry site in Nelson.

Nelson man David John Hobbs was described as the "mastermind" behind an A$30 million "Ponzi" scheme.

Bruce Andrew Mortimer spent the last few years trying to keep out of trouble before he got killed in a hostel, his former partner says.

Bruce Andrew Mortimer died on Saturday night from injuries sustained in an earlier incident at Nelson’s Franklyn Village residential units.

A man killed this weekend and those arrested in connection with his death all lived at the same hostel.

A man has died after an alleged assault in Nelson early yesterday morning.

A panelbeating business has been fined $15,000 for spray-painting in an unsafe way that could have caused an explosion and serious health issues.

A logging factory in Nelson has been fined over $50,000 after one of its workers was injured while trying to clear a log jam on a conveyor belt by hand.

Rapid action by firefighters in Nelson this afternoon saved a plantation on an inner city hillside, from serious damage.

Peter Dunne spoke on the issue on NewstalkZB this morning, the United Future leader was cautiously in favour of fluoride.

A rest home worker who was dismissed after being caught with a gardener in a dead resident's room has been awarded more than $28,000 in compensation.

Police say there was no foul play to a car fire near Nelson in which a person was dead.

Police have recovered a car in which a person died after it went down a bank and was engulfed in flames.

Police are hoping to remove the remains of a body from a burnt out car near Nelson today.

Police are calling for sightings of a car as an investigations into a body found in a burnt out vehicle near Nelson continue.

An elderly person is in hospital this morning following a house fire in Nelson.

The family of a missing Dutch tourist is travelling out from Holland as the search for him continues.

A family with 150 years of brewing history boosts Nelson's craft-beer capital claim, writes Justin Henehan.