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Spate of fires sparks drought discussions
Farmers are weighing up asking for a drought to be declared in the Marlborough region as "atrocious" conditions sparked several fires across the South Island yesterday.
Farmers are weighing up asking for a drought to be declared in the Marlborough region as "atrocious" conditions sparked several fires across the South Island yesterday.
A woman who fell from a deck and injured her leg was airlifted to hospital last night.
Police are investigating after a patrol car and another vehicle collided on State Highway 1 at Clarence, south of Blenheim.
Fire crews have stayed overnight at the scene of a suspicious fire on Blenheim's Wither Hills.
A Blenheim priest has pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent assault.
Two children were airlifted from the Rainbow Ski Field near Nelson Lakes this afternoon.
A decision not to move the interisland ferry terminal from Picton to Clifford Bay has resulted in KiwiRail land being sold to a wine grower.
A 40-year-old man who was pinned under a tree in Marlborough this morning had been tutoring forestry students at the time.
When Marlborough Boys' College head boy Angus Pauley saw a young girl being swept away by a flooded Blenheim river this morning, he knew what he had to do.
Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.
A boat belonging to a Marlborough man missing for more than a week has been recovered overnight but there is no sign of Kerry Blair aboard.
A Navy ship is attempting to close in on the last known location of a boat belonging to a missing Marlborough man.
A plane carrying three search and rescue spotters has found no trace of a Marlborough boatie who disappeared four days ago.
A Marlborough man who went to get fish and chips on a aluminium boat at the weekend never returned.
Geoff Cumming finds he has plenty of time to think on one of New Zealand's Great Walks.
A remote house in the Marlborough Sounds burned to the ground this morning after a fire sparked by a brazier.
Seddon has been shaken by another earthquake this morning. The quake measured 3.7 in magnitude and rattled the area at 12.48am this morning, according to GeoNet.
World-famous astronaut Chris Hadfield says the place on earth he would most like to visit after his space odyssey is Marlborough.
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.
Alexia Santamaria enjoys the view and the exercise as she tours Marlborough's wineries on a bike.
The owners of a Picton house hit by a landslip yesterday have been told the property is temporarily unfit to live in.