Stories by Maia Hart

The trees at Horton Park have been cut down ahead of schedule due to the risk of falling debris for people using the park.

Buses are usually provided for Picton's annual party on the foreshore.

The trust that runs the theatre says its been hammered by external costs they can't control.

The future of some core environmental projects hangs in the air as funding starts to dry up - including one described as a "community movement".

A new solar farm near Seddon has started producing energy for the region in what has been called a "significant investment" for Marlborough.

A 2023 bylaw says people can camp at the Wairau Diversion for "two consecutive nights in any four-week period" - but freedom campers have found a workaround.

The deputy mayor has admitted he went away and did some homework.

As Jamie Arbuckle farewells his council seat, data shows the councillor-turned-MP is one of 12 at the table with an attendance rate of 90 percent or higher.

Despite being "really entrepreneurial", a mobile sauna that started operating in Picton before it had consent will no longer be able to operate from its beachside spot.

Homeowners in the Kenepuru Sound are "very pleased" more funding will be pumped into an effort to fix damaged roads in Marlborough.

Repair work in the Marlborough Sounds will "accelerate" after the NZTA board approved $100m in funding.

An animal control manager in Marlborough says there have been six attacks on sheep in the past year and often "three or four or five" were attacked at once.

When the Aratere ran aground in Picton Harbour, it wasn't clear who was leading the emergency response, the harbourmaster says. Audio

The decision to fast-track the consent, under the Covid-19 Recovery Act 2020, was released on Friday.

A former Marlborough councillor has overcome the final legal hurdle after taking the council to court over management of pines on his land.

Councillor-turned-MP Jamie Arbuckle said he received "a lot of phone calls from a lot of charities" when he announced he would donate his council salary.

It has been described by the region's first Māori ward councillor as frustrating and heartbreaking.

The long stalemate over the re-opening of the Marlborough Museum is over.

A poison drop to cull the number of rabbits in central Blenheim has been delayed after warm weather meant the pest already had "a lot of feed".

The team behind a cycleway from Picton to Kaikōura has called on the council to keep the job moving as it looks to ramp up construction.

An estimated $1800 hike in burial fees in Marlborough could be met with some "pushback" from the community, a councillor says.

Nicholas McGowan travelled to Blenheim with a vision.

Plans to spend nearly $40 million upgrading marine infrastructure in the Marlborough Sounds have been labelled "unnecessary", while others are worried their area will miss out on improvements.

Holes have been drilled into Spring Creek's stopbanks in an attempt to understand why they cracked, with initial tests showing the cracks are at least a metre deep.

The mayor says she understands the MP's bid to avoid a costly by-election but the decision is one for councillors.