Marlborough

A couple caught out living in a shed converted to a 'tiny house' were told to strip it back to its original condition to comply with council laws.

People are happy more than one bus is running in Marlborough, but have poo-pooed the sewerage system.

Water from Marlborough's main aquifer could be leaking from ocean fault lines into Cook Strait, a new report has found.

Plans to expand Picton's ferry terminal would place a heavy burden on its environment unless properly managed, a seagoing marine engineer says.

Blenheim man Tony Hay says the three large trees on the other side of his garden fence must go.

Police want the public's help finding items of interest in the search for a women missing in south Marlborough for nearly two weeks.

The global pandemic has touched even the lives of people in remote Endeavour Inlet in the Marlborough Sounds. 

The Renwick household was one of 60 properties with "large" leaks of more than 72 litres a day in the Marlborough District, according to the town's first set of water meter results.

Snow to low levels could be on its way for many parts of the South Island overnight and through until Tuesday, with MetService issuing warnings for travellers and farmers.

The ski season in Nelson-Marlborough has ended as the shortest on record.

Businesses feeding trade waste into Marlborough's sewerage system could cop a "hefty" fee increase this year.

While some Kaikōura candidates have admitted "personal experience" with cannabis, only two will vote 'yes' in next month's referendum.

Organisers of next February's Marlborough Wine & Food Festival have pulled the plug early.

A freedom camping site in the Marlborough Sounds violates national rules protecting the "pleasantness" of reserves, says lawyer Simon Gaines.

Marlborough residents who lobbied for freedom camping sites to be shut down now say they are fine after a replacement campsite in the town centre was proposed.

A quarry company has won permission to mine more rubble after an emotive year-long battle with residents who pleaded for it to shut.

New Zealand ports are watching and waiting as one of their own tries to add a little grey to "black and white" legislation set up to preserve protected coastal areas.

A move to free up more land for new builds is likely to see fewer driveways and garages in modern housing, in a move some say could have New Zealand looking like Coronation Street.

A boatload of mussel shells have been sunk off Marlborough's shores to create a reef that will help revive marine life and a multimillion-dollar industry.