Nelson Region

A Nelson butcher who has survived an earthquake, a flood and a fire, has been hit by another disaster. Audio

A Nelson man who owes tens of thousands of dollars in parking fines has had a win in his long fight to carry on parking his horse and cart in the central city. Audio

New Zealand landscape photographer who draws from his work of the last thirty years, much previously unpublished, for the new book, Spirit of the South, a photographic tribute to the mainland. Audio

Hailing from Nelson, the three piece electronica act started 15 years ago as a covers band, but when they added a drum machine to the mix, drummer Ruth Carr was moved to the front of the stage as the… Audio

British pianist currently touring New Zealand with violinist Tamsin Waley Cohen and cellist Bartholomew la Follette and judging the ROSL competition. Audio

A coroner has recommended Westpac rescue helicopters carry crotch straps after a drunken sailor fell from a harness 3 to 5 metres back into the sea. Audio

All services will end to Whakatane, Kaitaia and Westport in April, and flights to Taupo, Palmerston North, Nelson, Hamilton and Whangarei will be pared back. Audio

A low-sugar lemonade, made entirely from local ingredients, is catapulting a Nelson couple onto the foodie scene. Audio

The pleasures and pitfalls of a low vision lifestyle: You'll seldom see a cane in Mike Steven's hand but he has just one eighth of the vision most people enjoy. Mike is one of almost 170 thousand New… Audio

Minuit are one of NZs best known electronica bands having filled dancefloors around NZ since the late 90s. The trio of Ruth Carr, Paul Dodge and Ryan Beehre have decided after 15 years to call it a… Audio

Helicopter pilot (like his father, and son) who tells his story of deer recovery, mountain rescue, fire-fighting, heli-fishing, and movie work in the book Born to Fly. Audio

New Zealand's expert in all things Middle Earth, Ian Brodie, has written and illustrated The Hobbit location guidebook, which includes the Pelorus River site in Marlborough and several sites in the… Audio

An environment court judge has described a Murchison dairy farmer's repeated and deliberate polluting as the worst in New Zealand and hasn't ruled out sending him to jail. Audio

There is trouble in Gigatown, with critics saying the Chorus ultra-fast broadband competition is a waste of money and is stealing copyright. Audio

A breed of mites may provide a solution to the South Island's huge wasp problem. It's believed the number of wasps in the South's beech forests is the highest in the world, with the insects posing a… Audio

The Nelson Marlborough DHB has apologised for failures which resulted in a woman's death from blood loss after a low risk gallbladder operation at Wairau Hospital. Audio

The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board has since apologised. Audio

In a bid to resolve a conflict between humans and kea at a logging site near Nelson, The Kea Conservation Trust has introduced a kea gymnasium. Audio

Director of the Nelson Arts Festival previews this year's events. Audio

Residents in Motueka say there aren't enough police officers in the town and they're worried about people taking the law into their own hands. Audio