Woman drowns at Maruia Falls in upper South Island.

Fire crews were assisting the truck driver who became trapped when the vehicle rolled.

Campervan crashes down bank but driver escapes unharmed.

Environment Minister Nick Smith rejects conflict of interest claims over funds for a dam.

A walking tour of Abel Tasman National Park is best done on a full stomach.

Footage of Golden Bay, Totaranui. On the Abel Tasman Coast Track, one of New Zealand's Great Walks, you can see an amazing array of wildlife including wekas, fantails and seal pups!

Hunters warned to stop shooting animals near residential properties.

Rider dies after motorcycle crash in the Tasman District.

Golden Bay whales may have headed back to sea.

Hundreds of volunteers last night kept a vigil over 120 whales restranded on Farewell Spit near Golden Bay.

Twenty pilot whales have beached themselves again and will be euthanised, DoC said, as volunteers are warned to be careful around decomposing whales.

All 100 of the surviving beached whales at Farewell Spit have been successfully refloated as volunteers scrambled to stop another pod swimming into shore.

Emotional scenes as whale rescue volunteers sang to and even named many of the pilot whales stranded - and those refloated - on Farewell Spit.

Police say they have concerns for an elderly Nelson man who was due to arrive in Westport today, but has not been seen. Leslie Martin

Did recent seismic surveys in the area cause whales to beach themselves at Farewell Spit?

A person has been hurt after the car they were in went off the Coastal Highway and into a swamp at Mapua, west of Nelson.

Police have today pulled a body from the Takaka River - that of missing man James Rano Dick, known locally as Hemi.

Plans for a ferry between Whanganui and Port Motueka have been revisited. And pending a feasibility study by the council, could have the Mayor's support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Cycling is kept to a minimum and feasting to a maximum on this Tour de Nelson.

The peaceful natural beauty of Wainui Inlet has Fergus Blakiston waxing lyrical.

Elisabeth Easther explores a piece of paradise, at the top of the South Island.

Labour's West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor won't say whether he supports the new agreement between Labour and the Greens.

A milk tanker has rolled on the Kohatu-Kawatiri Highway in the Tasman region.

Elisabeth Easther cycles the Great Taste Trail from Nelson to Kaiteriteri.

This caring community's a one-stop shop for food, fiestas and outdoor fun.

A semi-submerged boat is making its way back to shore after it started taking on water about 5km out to sea near Kaikoura.

The crash was reported shortly after 10am.

Police, the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board, and the Tasman District Council, conducted the operation last Friday.

There are mouth-watering distractions on the Tasman Great Taste Trail, writes Fiona Terry.

The Wilsons could rightly claim Abel Tasman, but choose to share the land.