Tracy Neal

The Insurance Council is warning owners of earthquake-damaged homes in Marlborough that banks are cracking down on insurance pay-out spending.

Mapping the seafloor in Marlborough has thrown up some surprises, including that it has shifted since the Kaikōura earthquake, an information agency says.

Four months after their villa was wrecked, North Canterbury farmers Bob and Vicki Todhunter have made a stylish new temporary home in a shearing shed.

Marlborough residents left with badly damaged homes after November's earthquake are worried about a cold winter ahead with no heating.

A third generation farmer in Ward, who lost his home in last November's quake, has chosen to see it as an opportunity to change the way he lives and farms.

A GNS scientist says monitoring of land movement since 2004 shows the Kaikōura earthquake lowered the land by 20 millimetres.

The owner of a Nelson charter boat is astonished a sunken car belonging to a missing man wasn't found sooner, given the nearby wharf is popular place for fishing.

A vehicle resembling that in which Nelson teenager Leo Lipp-Neighbours was last seen seven years ago has been hauled from Nelson Harbour.

Special housing areas that side-step public consultation are causing disquiet among some Nelson city councillors.

Nelson's Christ Church Cathedral needs millions of dollars worth of seismic strengthening and the public may be asked to help raise the funds for the work

The stiff poses of Victorian folk etched in glass and stored in a Nelson archive have slowly made their way into the digital era.

Time and tide are rapidly changing one of the coastal city's most valued natural assets. Video

The chance of another large earthquake within the next month has dropped to 18 percent, GeoNet says.

It seemed a near-hopeless task, but crowds rallied to the calls of desperate, dying whales. Tracy Neal reflects on what has become mainland New Zealand's biggest stranding.

A Golden Bay woman says saving stranded whales is not glamorous and it has to be tackled with a practical approach.

The search for Alan Langdon and his six-year-old daughter, who sailed to Australia on a small yacht amidst a custody dispute, cost more than $40,000, the police say.

Homeowners can expect to pay higher insurance premiums to help fund a restructured fire service.

Nelson-Marlborough's chief medical officer has ordered a review of health services for high-needs people, after Donella Knox murdered her autistic daughter, Ruby.

West Coast locals are being asked for their suggestions of how local government in the region should be reorganised.

Business owners in St Arnaud and Murchison say turnover has doubled and they struggle to cope with crowds queuing for fuel, coffee, food and accommodation.

Two sites off the New Zealand east coast have been earmarked as research areas for development of an open-ocean aquaculture industry.

The wheels are beginning to turn to get State Highway 1 and the main trunk rail line south of Blenheim open again.

Climate change could be affecting sacred Māori burial sites, iwi and a Department of Conservation historic adviser fear.

Nelson City Council could be faced with a by-election this year as two councillors aim for a spot in the national political arena.

The owner of a luxury fishing lodge at the top of the South Island says last night's storm has prompted guides to cancel fly fishing trips.