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

Two people have been seriously injured in an accident early this morning after the car they were travelling in rolled down a bank in the Awatere Valley.

The Wilsons could rightly claim Abel Tasman, but choose to share the land.

A man accused of pointing an air gun at a bar patron was arrested last night after being found with a pistol, tomahawk and cannabis.

An enterprising Kiwi couple have converted an old flatbed truck into their dream country home.

Police are investigating the sexual assault of a woman near the Maitai River in Nelson overnight.

Abel Tasman's coastal track meanders past some of our most beautiful bays and beaches.

The 'Island of Weka' is full of natural beauty, says Elisabeth Easther.

A woman caught driving drunk after she drove over a traffic island and mounted a kerb was allegedly more than six-and-a-half times over the breath alcohol limit.

A family with 150 years of brewing history boosts Nelson's craft-beer capital claim, writes Justin Henehan.

A toddler was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was hit by a car in Nelson yesterday.