The Hokitika Wildfoods Festival has run at a loss for the first time in its 24 year history.

A man's been taken to hospital by helicopter this afternoon, after a fall on the Cable Bay walkway north-east of Nelson.

A website's been set up to help raise funds for a Nelson couple, who have been successfully sued for more than one million dollars for causing a fire.

The public has been given the all clear to collect shellfish in the Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel.

Police, the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, and MotorSport officials are all investigating the events surrounding the death of a rally driver.

There are concerns a fast-spreading and destructive pest has made its way to Nelson Harbour for the first time.

Greymouth police are investigating an incident in which two armed men entered a house and left one of the residents with minor injuries.

The deluge which hit Stoke last month will cost the Nelson City Council more than $1.2 million.

There's been a moderate earthquake this morning near Kaikoura.

Reports of a fire at the Pike River Mine are incorrect.

Nelson Police are frustrated with people leaving vehicles unlocked with valuables inside.