Marlborough

Broken signs, embedded tyre tracks, and blatant disregard for a bylaw are threatening a delicate biodiversity area, a report says.

River monitoring equipment that is "absolutely critical" for timely flood warnings has been damaged by thieves on two Marlborough rivers, sparking a plea from the council.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning in Blenheim, police say.

An amphibious excavator has begun dredging the pop-up garden patch growing out of a river in central Blenheim.

Of the four ecologically significant species monitored at 16 sites in Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui, only one remains.

Local government inflation was 3.3 percent this year, meaning almost all of a 4 percent rates cap would have been used to cover inflation, Nadine Taylor said.

A second popular swimming spot in Marlborough will be closed this summer, due to flood repair works.

Initial indications were that one person had been seriously injured.

A patch of wilding trees have been found about 3km from the as-yet uninfected Inland Kaikōura Range.

Six crews battled the blaze for hour at the Marlborough District Council's Resource Recovery Centre.

Fire crews were called to the Resource Recovery Centre in Wither Road at 2:50pm on Thursday.

Work to replace a Marlborough Sounds jetty has taken a dive after a digger got stuck and became submerged.

The report by Sentec, commissioned by Marlborough Roads, looked at the safety of heavy commercial vehicles on Port Underwood Road and Queen Charlotte Drive.

Staff had been working for hours to free the ramp on the Bluebridge ferry Connemara.

If you looked up in certain parts of the country this week, you may have seen planes you didn't recognise. Audio

For the last three years, kidney patient Denis Gapper has made the tiring journey from Blenheim to Nelson three times a week for life-saving dialysis. Audio

Tachyon Hutt was four times over the legal limit and had cannabis in his system when he crashed his car into a power pole.

A rough night lies ahead as further win and rain looms for many rainsoaked areas in the South Island..

The airline began flights between Blenheim and Christchurch on Sunday, after Sounds Air cut the route last month.

For two years Spring Creek residents have been warned to be ready to evacuate if there is heavy rain.