A police investigation into a birthday cake laced with cannabis, which was served at a Nelson restaurant to unsuspecting diners, has been inconclusive.

The area's creativity is on show, writes Sara Bunny.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

A 52-year-old man has been charged with the murder of John Murray Morton whose body was found in the rear of a boat in Nelson two weeks ago.

A man is facing a serious assault charge after a woman was injured on a Nelson city street last week.

Mystery surrounds a late-night car crash in Nelson and a woman who suffered serious injuries.

Police have confirmed a Nelson man suffered a "very violent attack" which led to his death.

The victim of a suspicious death in Nelson lived on a boat often seen in the area where his body was found.

The victim of a suspicious death on a Nelson boat was a man of European descent, police say.

Nelson shoppers won't get their sugary fix at the checkout anymore after a local supermarket swapped out junk food for healthy snacks.

Nelson police are looking for a woman they say is a risk to the community.

Police are seeking information about an assault in a Nelson suburb last night.

A 68-year-old man has been arrested over an assault in which a teenage girl was grabbed on her way to school.

Police hope TV show will help solve the murder of Nelson man Kevin O'Loughlin, killed 23 years ago.

A garage housing hearses at a Nelson funeral home has been extensively damaged in a suspicious blaze overnight.

A parent of a pupil at Salisbury School has spoken of his disappointment over the proposal to close the special needs school his daughter attends.

Since 2011, roll of Salisbury School in Nelson has fallen from 72 to nine.

A decision to start discussions over the future of a special education school for girls is "unbelievably short-sighted", the school's board chairman says.

Police received two reports by two girls last month about a man acting suspiciously.

You can see more than 30 winning entries at the World of Wearable Art and Classic Cars Museum on the outskirts of Nelson's CBD for $24 (adult).

A man was left unconscious and with serious injuries after a group of people attacked him in Nelson, early on Sunday morning.

Morrinsville and Fairfield colleges closed for a week, and Nelson school students monitored after teenager who recently visited Hamilton contracted the disease.

Nelson Police are trying to confirm a sighting of a female hitch-hiker in the Richmond area today as the search for missing Wakefield woman Rachel Stokes continues.

Nelson Police are on the lookout for witnesses to a street robbery which occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A Nelson postie says she was threatened with a possible jail sentence from her employer if she continued to refuse delivering scam mail to residents.

A 16-year-old boy was airlifted to Nelson Hospital this afternoon after falling and seriously injuring his leg while motorcross riding.

Elisabeth Easther finds herself stoked with a small town's selection of brews.

Nelson police are at the scene of an address in Stoke, where a person's body has been found.

Labour leader Andrew Little thinks it would a good idea for the Government to chip in and support the social media campaign to buy a sliver of land in Golden Bay.