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Rain causes slips, flooding
Residents of a Picton house escaped injury today when a landslip hit their home and broke through a wall, as torrential rain lashed central New Zealand today.
Residents of a Picton house escaped injury today when a landslip hit their home and broke through a wall, as torrential rain lashed central New Zealand today.
A decision to keep the South Island ferry terminal base in Picton has been met with celebration in the Marlborough town.
Picton will remain as the southern terminal for the interisland ferries, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years for murdering his mother in Picton earlier this year.
Residents in one of the Marlborough streets battered by this week's quakes are seeking solace from each other while anxiously awaiting aftershocks.
The severe earthquake which rocked NZ this afternoon sent workers in Wellington running into the streets as the ground shook and buildings swayed from side to side.
A series of aftershocks have rumbled across central New Zealand this morning, sparked by a strong magnitude 4.9 jolt near Seddon, Marlborough shortly before 1am.
A shallow 4.2 magnitude earthquake has been detected near East Cape, after a strong aftershock near Wellington this morning.
Residents have cleared out of a central Wellington street while urgent work is carried out on a quake-damaged carpark lift which could come crashing down in an aftershock.
More than 1000 claims have been lodged with the Earthquake Commission following the swarm of quakes centred off the Seddon coast.
An environmental group has plenty of confidence today heading to court to fight against new salmon farms being built in the Marlborough Sounds.
A hunter with hypothermia has been rescued after his campsite was washed away in Fiordland this morning.
Two teens were sexually assaulted during a Picton home invasion, and a West Coast woman was attacked while she slept, in two separate attacks early on Sunday morning.
Police have named a man who died after his car plunged more than 150m off a bank in the Marlborough Sounds on Monday.
A 2011 plane crash landing could have been avoided if the pilots were taught how hard to pull a landing gear lever, a report has found.
A paraglider pilot escaped with minor injuries when he crashed in steep bush in the Marlborough Sounds last night.
A man who severed two fingers while splitting wood was just one of four incidents the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter attended yesterday
A young man who was killed when his car left the road and crashed into a tree was eating chips and dip at the time of the crash, a coroner has found.
A solo Dutch tramper who became lost and disoriented in poor weather in Marlborough yesterday afternoon has been rescued by helicopter.
The two tourists killed in yesterday's horror crash in Malborough had only just met and were sharing a ride, police say.