A 61-year-old Nelson man who used fake passports to travel to Australia and Fiji over three years has avoided jail, with a judge instead sentencing him to 12 months’ home detention due to his age and poor health. Read...

Warnings and watches now cover nearly the entire country as residents in a Nelson-Tasman community leave their homes ahead of downpours. Read...

Homes near the Motueka River were evacuated as a precaution as a second barrage of downpours is forecast in the Nelson-Tasman region. Read...

Civil Defence is warning people whose properties flooded last week to prepare for potentially being inundated again. Read...

Holiday hilarity is delivered by the Nelson Youth Theatre’s production of Shrek at the Theatre Royal. Read...

Tasman Mayor Tim King says there`s a massive amount of work to be done before the bi storm is expected to hit on Thursday morning. Read...

Only one of these “tongue-in-cheek” burgers will be sold, in Nelson. Read...

Since the initial sighting in Porirua last year, it has been confirmed in Christchurch, Nelson, Northland and Waikato. Read...

Since the initial sighting in Porirua last year, it has been confirmed in Christchurch, Nelson, Northland and Waikato. Read...

MetService has issued new orange heavy rain warnings for the already sodden Nelson and Tasman districts. Read...