A surly swan is terrorising a stretch of Nelson's Maitai River - chasing kids, harassing a woman with a pram and having a hissy fit at a kayaker.

A severe weather warning has been issued as heavy rain and gales are expected to hit areas across the country.

A superloo with glass exterior walls was among 12 designs recognised last week as the winners of this year's New Zealand Architecture Awards from Nelson and Marlborough were announced.

A Nelson teenager has been arrested over a vicious attack in which a man was left for seven hours in a pool of his own blood.

The manufacturers of the Bombardier say yesterday's Blenheim incident was the third one of its kind worldwide in less than a week.

A plane with 46 passengers on board has crash landed at Woodburn airport near Blenheim tonight.

NIWA's latest seasonal outlook predicts temperatures in all regions are likely to be above average from October to December.

A keg of beer was pulled from the wreckage of a sports car which crashed head-on into a milk tanker, killing two teenagers.

Members of the public found a toddler, aged 20 months, floating in a pond in Nelson's Queens Gardens this morning.