A Nelson pub was gutted by a suspicious fire that sparked fears for an adjacent petrol station early this morning.

A car fleeing from a police pursuit has narrowly avoided pedestrians as it crashed into the front doors of an ANZ bank overnight.

A baby girl has been hospitalised after being attacked by her family dog.

A fire which engulfed two garages at a Nelson high school yesterday evening is being treated as suspicious.

A Westport man has been airlifted to Nelson Hospital after the car he was a passenger in collided with a row of trees this morning.

As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.

The Department of Conservation has confirmed that the decision has been made to euthanise the remaining 16 whales who became stranded at Farewell Spit.

A Nelson man has died on board a fishing vessel travelling to Nelson from Mauritius. He'd been reported dead by the captain on Sunday.

Search teams are scouring areas a missing Nelson woman was known to visit after she was reported missing on Monday.

A Nelson woman has discovered that one retailer will still go the extra mile when it comes to customer service.

Despite heavy rain beginning to ease around the Tasman region, flooding around Westport still has the town completely cut off. The rain is set to continue over the lower half of the North Island through Monday.