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!

Cycling is kept to a minimum and feasting to a maximum on this Tour de Nelson.

A message in a bottle found in the Chatham Islands has helped solve the mystery of another letter in a bottle found on Nelson's Boulder Bank more than a decade ago.

The peaceful natural beauty of Wainui Inlet has Fergus Blakiston waxing lyrical.

A 15-year-old mountain biker was winched to safety by a rescue helicopter yesterday.

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

A police investigation into a birthday cake laced with cannabis, which was served at a Nelson restaurant to unsuspecting diners, has been inconclusive.

Police have confirmed a Nelson man suffered a "very violent attack" which led to his death.

The victim of a suspicious death in Nelson lived on a boat often seen in the area where his body was found.

The victim of a suspicious death on a Nelson boat was a man of European descent, police say.

Elisabeth Easther explores a piece of paradise, at the top of the South Island.

Three people rescued from a mountain in the Nelson Lakes area this evening huddled together in a make-shift snow cave as they waited for help.

Nelson shoppers won't get their sugary fix at the checkout anymore after a local supermarket swapped out junk food for healthy snacks.

Awaroa Beach has become part of the Abel Tasman National Park after 40,000 Kiwis raised the money to buy it.

Police are seeking information about an assault in a Nelson suburb last night.

Police are today visiting a top Nelson high school after reports of a fight breaking out among a group of girls on the school grounds.

Elisabeth Easther finds herself stoked with a small town's selection of brews.

Nelson police are at the scene of an address in Stoke, where a person's body has been found.

A crossing appeared in a South Island town -- and just as quickly disappeared again.

Elisabeth Easther cycles the Great Taste Trail from Nelson to Kaiteriteri.

This caring community's a one-stop shop for food, fiestas and outdoor fun.

Shandelle Battersby checks in to the Rutherford Hotel in Nelson.

Two policemen who saved a man from a burning flat are being hailed as lifesavers. One of the rescuers required hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.

Police said no one was injured in the incident on the Coastal Highway near Mapua, between Nelson and Motukea.

Two trampers were rescued from a mountain in Nelson Lakes National Park after spending a night exposed to -18C and falling snow.