Nelson Region

The Education Ministry is accused of telling a parent Salisbury School was closing - supposedly before a decision was made.

Police have named the second man who was killed in a crash on the Coastal Highway near Nelson earlier this week.

Police are investigating the attempted abduction of a 27-year-old woman.

Police have laid charges against a US man after two people died in a crash in the Tasman district on Monday.

The Supreme Court has ruled the government must honour a land deal struck in 1830s between the New Zealand Company and Māori in the Nelson region.

An injured Canadian caver who fell while inside New Zealand's deepest vertical shaft was in good spirits when she was lifted out late last night. Audio

A caver who became trapped in New Zealand's deepest vertical shaft has been successfully rescued. Video

Time and tide are rapidly changing one of the coastal city's most valued natural assets. Video

It is too early to say whether charges will be laid over a crash near Nelson that killed two people, police say.

The police are trying to piece together the events leading up to a stabbing just after midnight in Nelson.

The Department of Conservation (DoC) says conditions are too rough in Golden Bay to monitor by boat a large pod of whales at risk of stranding.

The Department of Conservation is trying to figure out what to do with the carcasses of hundreds of whales left on the South Island's Farewell Spit.

A whole new pod of about 240 whales is now stranded in Golden Bay, says the Department of Conservation.

A Golden Bay woman says saving stranded whales is not glamorous and it has to be tackled with a practical approach.

There will not be another attempt to refloat the whales stranded on Farewell Spit until tomorrow, with volunteers working with 60 whales and monitoring another 50 offshore. Video, Audio

Nelson's deputy mayor consistant freedom camping rules are urgently needed, after about 3500 campers arrived in the city over Christmas.