Nelson is host to a bike path that meanders through beautiful countryside.

SeaDragon, which manufactures fish oil for health supplements, boosted first-half sales 17 per cent after securing supply of raw material to help bolster production, and has building consents for its new refining plant worth $7.5 million.

Takaka has a bustling arts scene and pretty scenery, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter made in Nelson will be on the shelves of 700 Coles stores in Australia. It's official: Kiwis prefer to slather their toast with locally made peanut butter. Pic Picot, the founder of Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter, says...

One person died in a crash between Nelson and Murchison this morning.

New Zealand's best produce is world class and a first-rate reason to travel, writes Nadia Lim.

Machines which fell trees under remote control by operators standing at safe distances are being hailed as important new tools and a world first for reducing deaths and injuries in forests.

A school has paid tribute to a former student and popular Nelson teen who died after falling through the roof of a cathedral in Wellington.

A construction worker who claims to have failed a workplace drug test due to eating cupcakes he did not realise were laced with cannabis has failed to have his job reinstated.

A man in his 20s is dead after a tree rolled onto him near Nelson this morning.

A sawmilling company "completely misused" their drug and alcohol policy to drug test 190 staff after cannabis plants were found on company grounds, a union says.

Four men who dived into a freezing Nelson creek to rescue two people from a submerged car have been recognised for their heroism.

Matt Philp meets some of the creative talent behind Nelson's upcoming winter festival season.