Marlborough

Five Air NZ flights have been linked to nine cases in the Nelson Tasman area, and a crew member has tested positive for the virus.

The Blenheim hospital's High Dependency Unit was merged with another ward on 1 January, due to staff shortages.

Educating people that the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out was not "two and done" is the focus of Marlborough health staff as they try to lift booster shots, particularly for Māori and Pasifika populations.

A mussels project being trialled in a part of the Marlborough Sounds is already helping boost the area's marine life, researchers say.

People are being urged to keep an eye out for Hector's Dolphins along the northern coastlines of the South Island this summer.

MetService is warning of norwest gales and heavy winds for Wellington and parts of Te Waipounamu.

More than six months after heavy rain damaged roads across Marlborough, public access has been reinstated on some roads, while others remain unsafe for public access.

Marlborough's Awatere Valley Road may not open to the public for Christmas after more heavy rain hit the region - the rural road was damaged in the July storm and has been under controlled access for…

Police seized 16,000 rounds of ammunition and 17 firearms, many of which they say are banned, in the Marlborough town of Crail Bay last week.

Pelorus Air is the latest transport operator connecting Marlborough Sounds residents, business owners, tradespeople, essential services and visitors cut off by the by the July storm.

A motorcyclist has died in a crash in Renwick this morning.

Four months after one of Marlborough's worst storms cut their road access, residents of Kenepuru Sound are still relying on boats for their supplies and livelihoods.

Since a major storm hit the region in July, Marlborough Roads Recovery Team have been working to restore road access.

More new locations of interest have been added to the Ministry of Health's list today, including one in the Northland town of Mangamuka.

Ruppia beds once dominated Wairau Lagoon but hadn't been spotted there for almost 40 years.

Plans for a narrow, winding access way to a popular beach in Picton have been paused, and could be reversed after public concerns were backed by roading experts.

Piopiotahi Milford Sound is preparing for how it would cope if it was left stranded in a disaster.

A sensor on Picton's foreshore picks up about the same amount of sulphur dioxide in the air as a sensor outside the Port of Tauranga.