A truck driver was trapped in his cab for more than an hour after crashing into a rock wall north of Nelson overnight.

A sleeping household had a lucky escape when a stolen car nearly ploughed into their Nelson bedroom.

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.

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 resthome worker who hid behind a door when discovered with a gardener in a dead resident's studio has been awarded more than $6000 in lost wages.

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.