Marlborough

Library and council workers across the top of the South Island are rallying to raise their concerns about low wages, poor working conditions and high turnover.

Overseas recruits have been called in to help fill gaps in a labour shortage which has led to recycling and rubbish being chucked into the same rubbish truck and taken to landfill.

A Te Tauihu iwi member who tried to enter an anti co-governance meeting in Blenheim was stopped at the door, as were other whānau who showed up.

Almost two years after storms first caused widespread damage to the Marlborough Sounds, the council has released its preferred transport options.

Nelson and Tasman will soon have a new public transport service - with more destinations, more regular buses and lower fares - serviced by a fleet of 17 electric buses.

There was little money in the kitty for Marlborough District Council to hand out to community groups this year.

A new art gallery in a "world-class" building in Marlborough can't open full-time because it is the "worst funded public art gallery in our country".

A 50-tonne locomotive and a wagon were submerged in Picton Harbour in September 2021 after they fell off a wharf.

Multiple contaminants have been discovered in a Marlborough estuary in "crisis", adding pressure onto one of the "muddiest estuaries in the country".

Awanui says the "pragmatic and sensible outcome" is to not proceed with its proposal at this time.

Marlborough's Mayor says the Sounds needs a road network that can cope with the damaging impacts of climate change, sea level rise and earthquakes well into the future.

Fears a child could drown in a Blenheim subdivision's flood-prone stormwater ponds have prompted a neighbour to call for fencing.

About 1.8kg of MDMA, with an approximate street value of $540,000, and 29g of ketamine, with an approximate street value of $7250 were located during a search warrant in Blenheim, police say.

A body has been found by search teams in the Richmond Range, police say.

Ten years in the making, Blenheim's new library will open its doors to the public for the first time today.

Streams and rivers are rising and flooding has been reported in North Taranaki, Civil Defence says. Audio

Elijah Kerr told police he stole about 10 separate parcels during his employment at the depot, using the same method each time.

Two people have been arrested in Blenheim after allegedly stealing flowering plants from Pollard Park.

Nearly 30 options have been identified to improve access across the storm-damaged region.