Car stolen from woman's house as she gives birth inside

Did you see a teen wandering around Bridge St at 2am today? Police want to hear from you.

Three people are on the plane.

Nick Schryvers became stuck in Golden Bay after the road was damaged by Cyclone Gita.

There will be limited road access to Cyclone Gita-ravaged Takaka from tomorrow.

They got out just in time, as slips came down the hill behind them as they ran.

The town's stores have been cleared out of milk, bread and toilet paper.

Despairing locals are wondering how long it will take to repair the damage.

The storm has split in two and continues to ravage Canterbury and the lower South Island.

A body has been found in the Motueka estuary.

A person was pulled from a burning home in Motueka this morning.

Thames-Coromandel produces the most recycling over the festive period.

A truck crash has closed SH63 between Kawatiri and Renwick in the Tasman district.

A yachtsman was rescued from the Nelson Harbour after being in the water for five hours.

The free-spirited woman who died at Maruia Falls was a "beautiful soul", friends say.

The Motukea woman who drowned at Maruia Falls on Saturday has been named.

Woman drowns at Maruia Falls in upper South Island.

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

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.

DoC staff were tonight monitoring a pod of about 200 pilot whales milling around in the sea off Golden Bay.

Volunteers are using two boats to guide the 17 pilot whales that were stranded at Golden Bay this morning to the rest of the their pod and try to coax them out to deeper waters.

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