Marlborough

It's been a year since burial fees rose in Marlborough, with a 900 percent jump at one cemetery, and the region is now fending off law changes that could trigger another increase.

Gas generated from a landfill could heat water at Blenheim's Wairau Hospital in a bid to cut carbon emissions.

Some of Blenheim's bruised and battered old lollipop parking meters are set for a swansong further south after being saved from the scrap heap.

People in the northern South Island and southern North Island felt a 4.7 earthquake centred in Marlborough last night.

A vehicle survey has been suggested for a quake-stricken coast in Marlborough as a proposed quad bike ban has been delayed again.

Farmers are concerned about receiving fair treatment during a multimillion-dollar project to clean up a Marlborough catchment.

Marine farmers, forestry harvesters and Marlborough Sounds residents have asked for a study on how unwanted pine forests could be turned into nature blocks to stop sediment clogging seabeds.

The Ministry of Education is concerned plans to pump more stormwater into creeks in a Blenheim suburb could increase the risk of flooding at three schools.

A Marlborough natural landmark will be protected forever, while a lake famed for hosting cricket during dry weather will be protected from stock.

A person has died following a single car crash in Marlborough this evening.

The Marlborough District Council is concerned the NZTA is downplaying the impact larger ferries will have on Picton's roads.

Methamphetamine, a loaded shotgun and ammunition were seized today as police targeted a drug supply operation in Nelson and Marlborough.

Community groups are appealing a new scheme which aims to stop septic tanks leaking human waste into the Marlborough Sounds.

Two people have been charged in relation to a vineyard built at Wairau Bar in Blenheim, where one of the earliest Māori settlements is thought to have been.

Some Marlburians continue to voice their frustration over the slow or severed internet connection they experience as the council considers annual plan submissions.

Police in Blenheim are investigating how a baby received head injuries.

Graffiti has appeared on the side of Blenheim's historic courthouse, with Marlborough ratepayers forking out $33,000 to clean up after taggers and vandals last year.

A Marlborough councillor's husband is petitioning the council to keep freedom camping sites closed as the nation moves into alert level 2.

Air pollution in Blenheim has improved during the coronavirus lockdown, but things could have played out differently had alert level 4 been declared over winter, an air scientist says.

Court documents showed the charges, laid between 4 April and today, related to obstructing a medical officer.