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

A Nelson man has died after being struck by a wire on a commercial fishing vessel on the Pacific Ocean.

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.

The highest earning households in New Zealand are in the electorate the Prime Minister lives in, according to Census figures.

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.

Parts of the West Coast landscape has been drastically altered, with whole forests flattened and the main tramping tracks rendered impassable by last week's huge storm.

A mad scramble is underway on the West Coast after the unprecedented windstorm that cut a trail of damage over 400km from Karamea to Fox Glacier.

New Zealand's most religious regions have been revealed in the latest Census data. Click here for an interactive graphic looking at the various districts.

Kayakers who rescued a man who fell over a waterfall near Nelson Lakes National Park today have been praised by police for their bravery.