Hunters warned to stop shooting animals near residential properties.

Rider dies after motorcycle crash in the Tasman District.

Golden Bay whales may have headed back to sea.

DoC staff were tonight monitoring a pod of about 200 pilot whales milling around in the sea off Golden Bay.

Volunteers are using two boats to guide the 17 pilot whales that were stranded at Golden Bay this morning to the rest of the their pod and try to coax them out to deeper waters.

Hundreds of volunteers last night kept a vigil over 120 whales restranded on Farewell Spit near Golden Bay.

Twenty pilot whales have beached themselves again and will be euthanised, DoC said, as volunteers are warned to be careful around decomposing whales.

All 100 of the surviving beached whales at Farewell Spit have been successfully refloated as volunteers scrambled to stop another pod swimming into shore.

Emotional scenes as whale rescue volunteers sang to and even named many of the pilot whales stranded - and those refloated - on Farewell Spit.

A person has been hurt after the car they were in went off the Coastal Highway and into a swamp at Mapua, west of Nelson.

Police have today pulled a body from the Takaka River - that of missing man James Rano Dick, known locally as Hemi.

Plans for a ferry between Whanganui and Port Motueka have been revisited. And pending a feasibility study by the council, could have the Mayor's support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Plans for a ferry between Whanganui and Port Motueka have been revisited. And pending a feasibility study by the council, could have the Mayor’s support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Lorna Subritzky enjoys a winning bach in acclaimed surroundings.

Cycling is kept to a minimum and feasting to a maximum on this Tour de Nelson.

The peaceful natural beauty of Wainui Inlet has Fergus Blakiston waxing lyrical.

Elisabeth Easther explores a piece of paradise, at the top of the South Island.

Labour's West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor won't say whether he supports the new agreement between Labour and the Greens.

This caring community's a one-stop shop for food, fiestas and outdoor fun.

A semi-submerged boat is making its way back to shore after it started taking on water about 5km out to sea near Kaikoura.

The crash was reported shortly after 10am.

Police, the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board, and the Tasman District Council, conducted the operation last Friday.

There are mouth-watering distractions on the Tasman Great Taste Trail, writes Fiona Terry.

The Wilsons could rightly claim Abel Tasman, but choose to share the land.

Human remains found on Farewell Spit have been confirmed as those of a missing 26-year-old tourist.

Police have been in contact with the family of a missing Dutch tourist following the discovery of human remains on Farewell Spit.

Abel Tasman's coastal track meanders past some of our most beautiful bays and beaches.

The 'Island of Weka' is full of natural beauty, says Elisabeth Easther.

An orchard company has been fined and ordered to pay reparation - totalling $134,500 - over the death of an employee.

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Motueka overnight when two shots, possibly from a shotgun, were fired from a passing vehicle at a house.