Tasman

The severe weather is causing issues for Nelson-Tasman and West Coast farmers, as a state of local emergency remains in place in both regions.

The Buller District including Westport may be in for a pounding this week as an "incredibly persistent" northerly airflow hits. Audio

Nelson's tourism businesses will be on show this week as international tour operators visit the region to explore visitor attractions ahead of the summer season.

Searchers are out again looking for a man missing for more than a week from Maruia Falls, in the Tasman district.

An Environment Court hearing is underway into the opposition of a water protection order for the world-famous Te Waikoropupū Springs in Golden Bay.

The lack of a public bus between Nelson and Motueka led a community trust to establish its own minivan service to transport people between the two centres.

Residents living near Nelson Airport are being asked to have their say on a proposed runway extension and future noise increases.

Iwi across the top of the South Island are now well equipped to be part of the official emergency management response in the event of a disaster.

More than $12,000 of road signage has been destroyed on a crime spree in the Motueka Valley.

A dawn blessing was held today to mark the start of a government-supported development of 20 papakāinga housing units at the Te Āwhina Marae in Motueka.

Ratepayers in Tasman may have to cover the cost of the Waimea Dam's latest $20 million overrun.

A campaign to attract seasonal workers to the horticulture and viticulture industries in Nelson Tasman has recruited several hundred people, but many orchards in the top of the south are still looking…

A group of young kayakers are "buzzing" after an unexpected summer holiday close encounter with orca in Ligar Bay in the Tasman region. Audio

There are now 17 cases of Covid-19 in Nelson, with the health board moving to "stamp out" Omicron in the region.

With news a Nelson family have the Omircon variant of Covid-19, the mayors of Nelson and Tasman say their region has been preparing for an outbreak.

A group of young seabirds are settling into their new home at Cape Farewell, at the northernmost tip of the South Island.

Five Air NZ flights have been linked to nine cases in the Nelson Tasman area, and a crew member has tested positive for the virus.

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 in Nelson and Tasman, all from the same household.

People are being urged to keep an eye out for Hector's Dolphins along the northern coastlines of the South Island this summer.

The Department of Conservation and iwi are appealing for information from the public after two kea were shot dead in Golden Bay.