Nelson Region

A woman is charged with mistreating her child while the child was getting medical care.

Farid Ahmed was left a paraplegic and spent 11 days in a coma after being hit by a car - the driver never faced charges. Audio

The mistreatment was alleged to have required hospital and medical treatment over a 19-month period.

Eleven whales have been euthanised five days on from a mass stranding in Golden Bay.

A 36-year-old man is facing numerous charges after allegedly running down and assaulting a pedestrian in Atawhai.

Despite five helicopters aiding in the search for Graham Garnett in the Kahurangi National Park, there is still no sign of him.

Record rainfall caused widespread damage across the district, the worst in 150 years, after it was hit by floods twice in as many weeks during June and July.

Joshua Spooner took to social media with a picture of a seafood in a chiller bag and the words "30 each, big ones 50″.

Richard Chambers says it's only right he is in the city where Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming died on duty a year ago.

Immigration New Zealand rejected the visa application of Nelson aged care worker Nithin Mankeel's son after he was diagnosed with autism.

Investigators found more than 60,000 objectionable publications across nine internet accounts.

A man was left permanently injured, after a drug deal went wrong and he was stuck in his car with a knife-wielding attacker.

Four Motueka teens will hike, bike and paddle through remote parts of Marlborough for up to nine days in the upcoming Godzone expedition race. Audio

The New Zealand operation of the UK-based beauty brand was put into liquidation in April with the closure of 16 shops and the loss of about 70 jobs.

A couple paid more than $500 a week for a draughty, damp house that was cracked and uneven from being on a hillside slump zone.

But the health minister says there remains a bed shortage, which the government is working to address.

As the new Nelson City Council was sworn in on Thursday afternoon, returning mayor Nick Smith put the economic recovery of the city in his sights.

The Health Minister has ordered an investigation into why the generator failed, and an audit of all back-up generation across all hospitals.

Mathew Linch was then on bail when he tried to pull her out of a car by her arms.

Three new cases of measles have been reported in the Manawatū and Nelson today, including two children.