Marlborough

Part of the main highway between Nelson and Blenheim will close for seven weeks so emergency repairs can be carried out after the August storm.

Marlborough's new mayor Nadine Taylor says she's honoured to be elected to the role with such a vote of confidence from the community.

The recovery continues in Nelson and Marlborough, where many residents have been unable to return home due to damaged roads or because their properties are unlivable.

The Blenheim-based New Zealand Wine Centre, which was paid for through the government's Provincial Growth Fund, aims to help the industry stay ahead of global trends.

New Zealand King Salmon has deepened its interim loss as it faced increased fish deaths, a lower harvest and a fall in biomass at sea.

One person has died in a house fire in Seddon, in Marlborough this evening.

Four sections of kina have been removed in the Marlborough Sounds as part of a research project to rejuvenate seaweed and kelp on reefs.

A new hotel in Kaikōura that has not even opened yet is already taking bookings from Marlborough, the region's tourism boss says.

Four people have been arrested after police disrupted a meth network in Marlborough.

Hundreds of Marlborough Sounds residents that remain cut off by road after last month's storm are relying on barge transport to get to and from their homes.

Concern has been raised over the state of bee hives in the flood-ravaged Tasman-Marlborough region, which some beekeepers have been unable to access for weeks.

Managing freedom camping in Marlborough went over budget last summer, prompting the council to commit more funding for the coming season.

The backers of the Whale Trail cycle and walkway from Picton to Kaikōura aim to make some significant gains over summer.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other ministers are meeting with locals and volunteers impacted by last month's devastating floods in the upper South Island.

Marlborough Sounds residents have been told some roads will never be the same - after recent weather caused further damage to the already fragile roading network.

State Highway 6 between Rai Valley and Blenheim reopened this morning and the last closed section on the road will reopen tomorrow.

A massive clean-up in the top of the south is underway after major flooding, and is being described as likely the "biggest recovery ever faced" in the Marlborough region.

Some residents remain almost completely isolated a week after the region declared a state of emergency.

Every isolated community in Marlborough has made contact with Civil Defence and officials are optimistic the Blenheim to Nelson highway will partially re-open next week.