Liz Light explores Nelson's Boulder Bank, visiting the lighthouse and experiencing its natural beauty and local wildlife.

Evacuated families have begun returning to their homes after flooding in the Nelson region during the weekend.

Heavy rainfall has left families isolated in the Tapawera area, south-west of Nelson, with 20 households evacuated so far.

A former mayoral candidate accused of secretly filming a woman living in a house he owned says he was only doing what any other "red-blooded male" would have done.

Fire is the third attack on an early childhood centre in the Nelson region in a year.

A man in his 40s has been charged with two counts of murder and will appear in the Greymouth District Court tomorrow.

Police name a couple who died in an apparent murder-suicide after shots were fired at a Nelson camping ground yesterday.

A witness reported seeing an armed man enter a caravan before screams and shots were heard.

All is well until a salmon gobbles the hook, writes Sue Hoffart.

Nelson treats are hard to beat.

Blenheim police say a suspected drunk driver who killed another motorist after crashing last night was not being chased.