The Court of Appeal overturns a stay of criminal charges against Red Devils' gang members, ordered after revelations of police misconduct.

An elderly firebug has been jailed for more than seven years today after lighting a series of forest fires south of Nelson.

A 7-year-old Nelson boy is in a critical condition after being hit by a school bus he walked in front of this morning, police say.

Catherine Smith jumped at the chance to bike and hike her way through Nelson's stunning landscape.

A man on a motorbike indecently exposed himself to two women cyclists in Nelson yesterday.

A 23-year-old Israeli woman had to be airlifted out of a forest area in the Nelson region today after her leg became impaled on a stick while horse riding.

A woman has died and two others injured when the car they were in submerged in Saltwater Creek in Nelson.

A German driver was getting ready to eat spaghetti at the wheel when his stationwagon crashed head-on with a ute, killing him and a fellow tourist, an inquest has found.

Three teenagers had their cars impounded and licences suspended after reaching speeds of nearly 180km/h while racing in Nelson.

When Simon Owen and Kay McQuire moved their family from Auckland to sunny Nelson, they had no work lined up, no friends there and no home to go to.

Apart from being home to New Zealand's entire hop production, the Nelson region is also home to a dazzling group of breweries and craft beer bars.

A woman in her 40s was hit and killed by a train in Christchurch this morning.

A man who severed two fingers while splitting wood was just one of four incidents the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter attended yesterday

'Atrocious conditions' were partially to blame for a horror crash in Marlborough this afternoon, which killed two tourists.

A 19-month-old girl has suffered deep bites to her face and other head injuries in an attack by a dog, believed to belong to her family.