A man was taken to Nelson Hospital in critical condition after a crash in Golden Downs.

The ERA has ordered a Nelson company to compensate a former employee for unfair dismissal.

Patches of showers and rain will reach all parts of the country this weekend.

The raid on Head Hunter boss Wayne Doyle is the latest battle in a "targeted" police war.

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Man who shot and killed a kea damaging his property has been convicted and punished.

The sculpture was parked outside Nick Smith's campaign caravan in Nelson today.

Medical cannabis campaigner Rose Renton was behind the rat poison protest.

Alexander Parry, 20, was last seen near Nelson Hospital.

Families were in tears after discovering loved ones' headstones cracked or kicked over.

A teacher has been ordered to apologise or pay $100K to a principal for alleging bullying.

For a brief moment, National's Bill English knew what it felt like to be Donald Trump.

Bereaved Kiwis are carrying the shoes of their lost loved ones around the country.

Environment Minister Nick Smith rejects conflict of interest claims over funds for a dam.

Fisherman Tyler Stokes who lied about father's death to pay back fraction of $170k lost.

Canterbury Police are urging motorists to slow down.

Mike Harris has a journal and a piece of fuselage to remember the father he never met.

Fire engulfed a Nelson property with one person suffering burns.

The robbers were armed with a shotgun and stole cash and cigarettes.

Kumeroa is wanted in connection with the aggravated robbery of a Nelson dairy.

Armed pair rob dairy of smokes and cash before fleeing in flash wheels.

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Nelson police found 1.2kg of meth when they stopped a car in Murchison.

Northlanders are set to be battered by gale force westerly winds today.

A 34-year-old man is in hospital after being shot by police in Nelson overnight.

A Nelson girl has been told she isn't allowed to join the boys' gymnastics class.

Kaleidoscopes of monarch butterflies are brightening Auckland's winter skies.

Two teenagers have been arrested and another boy remains on the run.

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The weather gods are not shining on New Zealand this weekend.