One person is dead after a three-vehicle crash near Ward in the Marlborough region this afternoon, bringing the holiday road toll to two.

If you're heading to new territories these holidays, check out the cellar doors of the local vineyards.

Five people are in custody after a week-long car theft spree ended with a driver jumping into a river yesterday in Blenheim yesterday.

Marlborough winemakers Yealands Estate are opting for plastic wine bottles over glass.

A cold southerly is set to dump more snow on the Desert Road and bring a chill to much of the country.

On Monday, a US tourist was overjoyed when his girlfriend accepted his marriage proposal, the next day she died swimming in the Sounds.