The road toll includes a young couple in love, a mother and daughter and a teen boy.

Motorcyclist injured after early morning crash in Motueka.

It's a cold, wet start to Sunday, with heavy rain warnings and thunderstorms forecast.

Wet weather predicted for much of the country, with Nelson set for a battering.

A man was taken to Nelson Hospital in critical condition after a crash in Golden Downs.

The ERA has ordered a Nelson company to compensate a former employee for unfair dismissal.

Patches of showers and rain will reach all parts of the country this weekend.

The raid on Head Hunter boss Wayne Doyle is the latest battle in a "targeted" police war.

Track the electorates that mean the most to the shape of the next Parliament.

The sculpture was parked outside Nick Smith's campaign caravan in Nelson today.

Nelson Police have identified the persons responsible for vandalising Richmond Cemetery.

Medical cannabis campaigner Rose Renton was behind the rat poison protest.

Dr Nick Smith said they rubbed rat poison in his face. The video tells a different tale.

Families were in tears after discovering loved ones' headstones cracked or kicked over.

Riwaka was hit by four suspicious blazes and a burglary.

Firefighters couldn't save a home engulfed by fire.

A teacher has been ordered to apologise or pay $100K to a principal for alleging bullying.

For a brief moment, National's Bill English knew what it felt like to be Donald Trump.

Fisherman Tyler Stokes who lied about father's death to pay back fraction of $170k lost.

Widespread snowfalls have raised avalanche warnings to the highest level in seven areas.

Canterbury Police are urging motorists to slow down.

Mike Harris has a journal and a piece of fuselage to remember the father he never met.

Parents of a Motueka toddler who went missing yesterday have thanked searchers.

Fire engulfed a Nelson property with one person suffering burns.

Tributes flow for 'caring' mum who died after allegedly being stabbed at a party.

A youth prisoner assaulted two staff on a domestic transfer flight.

Neighbours recall tale of woman who jumped to her death in 1967 after killing her husband.

Kumeroa is wanted in connection with the aggravated robbery of a Nelson dairy.

Police officer had no choice but to shoot 'violent' man with a shotgun.

One occupant of the house is being treated for minor burns.