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.

A truck laden with newspapers ignited in a dramatic fire in Canterbury early this morning.

Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a Nelson pub over the weekend - the second blaze to hit the establishment in less than a year.

Name suppression for a man charged with the daylight bashing of a long-serving Nelson police officer has lapsed.

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.

The daylight bashing of a long-serving Nelson police officer is another example of a "worrying trend" of increased violence towards officers, the Police Association says.

A Nelson dairy has been suspended from selling Lotto products after allegedly being caught selling legal high products.

Four bystanders plunged into a freezing creek to rescue a family trapped in a submerged car.

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

The average price of an Auckland house continues to race ahead of those in other parts of the country — what kind of property could you now gain if you cashed up in Auckland and moved for a more relaxed lifestyle?

The body of a missing Nelson woman has been recovered from the Pelorus River.

A fire has significantly damaged two vehicle testing stations in a Nelson commercial building.

A person is due to appear in court today in relation to a homicide in Nelson at the weekend.

As summer fades into autumn and the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness, it's time for hay to be saved, harvests to be gathered and, best of all, have festivals to attend.

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 was violently attacked in Nelson last night, but managed to fight off her attacker and get away, police say.

A teenage girl described by a family friend as a 'lovely girl' has died from an allergic reaction to a bee sting.

Fire crews from across the region have rushed to fight a large blaze in a community centre at Upper Moutere in Nelson.

The DNA of a man arrested after the brutal attack of a Nelson woman may link him to the scene, but developing DNA techniques to catch criminals takes time.