Stories by Samantha Gee

Cellphone reception and internet connection has been restored for thousands of people on the West Coast.

A case of Covid-19 in a Middlemore patient who shared a room with three others has raised questions around the screening and testing procedures of those admitted to hospital.

An investigation into the derailment of a 50-tonne locomotive that ended up submerged in the Picton Harbour is expected to take at least a month.

A salvage team have been at work all day in the Picton Harbour to retreive the locomotive that was shunted into the sea two days ago.

Nineteen people have been arrested for flouting alert level 4 rules during anti-lockdown protests this morning, while in Nelson two people were fined after hand delivering offensive anti-vaccination…

More than 40,000 cubic metres of spill material has been removed from sites across Marlborough as it recovers from widespread devastation caused by heavy rain and flooding, almost six weeks ago.

The Marlborough Sounds is preparing for heavy rain this weekend, just five weeks after major flooding in the region.

Kiwis are increasingly turning to online mental health services for support as they grapple with the uncertainty brought on by the lockdown.

Crayfish tails, salmon and beef bourguignon were on the menu for those due to attend a Seafood New Zealand conference in Nelson today, instead that food is being prepared to be donated to those in…

A floating pontoon from a campground near Nelson that washed up hundreds of kilometres away in Taranaki will soon make its way home.

Nelson City Council is considering selling two of its central city properties to Kāinga Ora for social and affordable housing.

Supplements containing New Zealand grown papaya leaf extract will soon be produced in Malaysia as a treatment for dengue fever and age-related illnesses like Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

A housing development designed to flood is one of several in Nelson put forward for Kāinga Ora's $1 billion dollar Accelerated Infrastructure Fund.

Following the first mass vaccination event in Manukau, Covid-19 vaccination operations group manager Astrid Koornneef says nothing of similar scale is planned for the South Island.

A cold front has swept across New Zealand in the past 24 hours, leaving motorists stranded, closing schools and bringing a heavy dusting of snow on ski fields.

Emergency department staff and management at Dunedin Hospital met again today over growing concerns patients are at risk of dying while they wait for treatment.

One of Marlborough's most popular tramping tracks through the Queen Charlotte Sound remains closed while the Department of Conservation assesses the damage.

It is hoped the release of South Island tīeke into a wildlife sanctuary in Nelson could be the start of the first population of the birds on the mainland.

The storm which caused widespread flooding across the top of the South Island has also had a devastating impact on mussel farms in the region.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it was a confronting sight to view the damage to people's homes and possessions in the town.

The Defence Force is helping to remove flood-ruined furniture and belongings from Westport streets and homes today.

West Coast residents and officials are continuing to grapple with the enormity of the cleanup after the weekend's flood.

Water levels have fallen in Marlborough, revealing the extent of the damage caused by heavy rain over the weekend. Audio

A forest of floating kelp and shark egg casings is one of the many installations illuminating the night as part of Nelson's inaugural Te Ramaroa light festival.

A Nelson engineering company has been ordered to pay more than $340,000 after a teenage apprentice was found unconscious in the engine room of a vessel where he was exposed to toxic chemicals.