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.

The 22-year-old man arrested after a brutal and prolonged rape of a 62-year-old woman in Nelson will have name suppression lifted tomorrow morning.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested over the brutal attack and rape of a woman in Nelson on New Year's Day.

Police are working through a "large number" of suspects in relation to the violent rape of a 62-year-old woman in Nelson on New Year's Day.

Two people have been rescued from a steep mountain range in the Spenser Mountain area, near Nelson.

A lightning strike is believed to have caused a vegetation fire near Nelson last night.

A man who severed two fingers while splitting wood was just one of four incidents the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter attended yesterday

A 62-year-old woman, violently raped on New Year's Day, has spoken of her ordeal to detectives hunting for the "dangerous'' man who attacked her.

Nelson police have spent much of today canvassing a neighbourhood where a 62-year-old woman was beaten and sexually assaulted as she worked alone at a community garden.

A car fleeing from a police pursuit has narrowly avoided pedestrians as it crashed into the front doors of an ANZ bank overnight.

A baby girl has been hospitalised after being attacked by her family dog.

A fire which engulfed two garages at a Nelson high school yesterday evening is being treated as suspicious.

A Westport man has been airlifted to Nelson Hospital after the car he was a passenger in collided with a row of trees this morning.

As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.

The Department of Conservation has confirmed that the decision has been made to euthanise the remaining 16 whales who became stranded at Farewell Spit.

A 53-year-old man has been charged with assaulting another man and throwing him overboard from a yacht in the Marlborough Sounds.