A person has been hurt after the car they were in went off the Coastal Highway and into a swamp at Mapua, west of Nelson.

A Dutch rock climber was injured after falling 14m at a popular climbing spot in the South Island this afternoon.

Six fire crews are battling a "well involved" Nelson house fire and searching the property to see if anyone is inside.

Judges orders boss to pay $12,000 to worker seriously injured when fuel tank exploded.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw has decided to run in Wellington Central again in 2017.

New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.

A further public health message has been issued for quake affected communities.

Plans for a ferry between Whanganui and Port Motueka have been revisited. And pending a feasibility study by the council, could have the Mayor's support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

As New Zealand wakes up to reports of the series of earthquakes to have shaken the country overnight the rest of the world is also coming to grips with the news.

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

Primary responsibility for civil defence emergency management at a local level rests with your local council.

It's beginning to feel like summer in some parts of the country, with pohutukawa bursting into bloom. "People have been getting a

Lotto players in Auckland, Paraparaumu, Nelson and Dunedin got a pleasant surprise tonight.

Lotto excitement has hit fever pitch, with more than two million tickets expected to sell before tonight's record $44-million draw.

Duane Major and Adam Gard'ner set their sights on keeping a 6ha site at Tukurua Beach in Golden Bay, in Kiwi hands.

Police are looking for a mustachioed man who was caught on CCTV robbing a service station in Nelson. The Z service station on Halifax

A dog attacked Gordon Jenkins' wife. He responded by stabbing it 43 times in the neck.

Father hid cellphone in bathroom laundry basket to film people naked while they showered, according to court report.

The standard Kiwi home is earning more than the average worker makes from their job in seven of the country's 12 districts.

Police have seized items from the homes of elderly women in Wellington and Nelson which has sparked criticism of political interference from a voluntary euthanasia group.

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

A woman was indecently assaulted by a teenager who talked his way in to her Nelson home saying he needed to use the toilet.

A man has been rescued by helicopter after his float plane crashed in the Marlborough Sounds this evening. The Nelson Marlborough

A man who continually sexually assaulted a drunk French tourist despite her repeatedly telling him to stop said the victim was "into it".

The girl injured herself while tramping with her family at Upper Travers Hut late on Sunday afternoon.

Lorna Subritzky enjoys a winning bach in acclaimed surroundings.

Passengers and crew walked away safely from an Air New Zealand plane, after an emergency at Nelson Airport last night.

A male pedestrian has died after being hit by a logging truck pulling out of a gas station near Nelson.

Laura McGoldrick updates us on today's cracker Paralympics medal score!