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

The two tourists killed in yesterday's horror crash in Malborough had only just met and were sharing a ride, police say.

'Atrocious conditions' were partially to blame for a horror crash in Marlborough this afternoon, which killed two tourists.

A boatie was unable to pull his drunken friend to safety after he fell overboard while urinating over the side of the launch they were on in the Marlborough Sounds.

Findings in an inquiry into an Air Nelson plane that skidded along a runway on its nose landing gear doors have been dismissed by the airline.

Air New Zealand's Halloween renaming of Blenheim as Beastheim on its grabaseat website hit a bum note with the town's mayor.

Two police officers have been praised by their district commander after rescuing two people from a burning car near Blenheim last night.

Diana Plater follows the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail from Hawke's Bay to Marlborough.