A winemaker is hooked on pinot and the land where it's grown, writes Stephanie Holmes.

A message in a bottle found in the Chatham Islands has helped solve the mystery of another letter in a bottle found on Nelson's Boulder Bank more than a decade ago.

Demonstrations calling for the release of convicted murderer Scott Watson were held in Christchurch and Blenheim today by people protesting his innocence.

A 20-year-old woman is desperately searching for her father with a Bob Marley jersey possibly providing a vital clue.

There has been a death at a level crossing in Blenheim this afternoon.

Police have found 82-year-old Eileen Stewart and say she is fit and well.

No one was injured in the fire on Mountainview Rd.

A 48-year-old woman has been charged with murder, after the discovery of the body of a 20-year-old woman at a residential Blenheim address.

Boozing New Zealanders cause trouble, Blenheim backpacking outfit claims.

Police have released CCTV footage of the pair, who forced their way through a small side door at the Springlands Tavern overnight.

A tourist was was threatened with a knife and had his backpack stolen after he was dropped off outside Blenheim.

Peter Jackson uses his creative genius to tell aviation stories.

A fruit distillery provides an alternative to Marlborough's usual wine tours.

CCTV footage of the two incidents was being reviewed, police said, and items of interest had been recovered from both scenes.

The Blenheim centre holding Sir Peter Jackson’s WWI planes will get a $1.5m boost in funding from the Govt.

An 87-year-old woman has been rescued from a creek after wandering from her rest home in Blenheim.

A one-legged ex-serviceman has managed to hold off thieves in Blenheim who tried to grab the poppy donation bucket he was carrying.

A Blenheim man has been found guilty on 35 charges of sexual offending against "young and vulnerable" female victims, police said.

A Blenheim priest has pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent assault.

One of two men who were injured in a helicopter crash on a Marlborough farm yesterday is still in a serious condition in hospital.

Two men have been taken to hospital with serious back and leg injuries following a helicopter crash on a Marlborough farm this morning.

Rachel Grunwell enjoys a weekend escape in Marlborough.

A "foreign" man who helped a woman who was being assaulted in Blenheim in the early hours of this morning is being sought by police.

A pilot declared an emergency when he heard a bang in the light aircraft he was flying with seven people on board early this afternoon.