A man has died after an alleged assault in Nelson early yesterday morning.

A panelbeating business has been fined $15,000 for spray-painting in an unsafe way that could have caused an explosion and serious health issues.

A logging factory in Nelson has been fined over $50,000 after one of its workers was injured while trying to clear a log jam on a conveyor belt by hand.

Rapid action by firefighters in Nelson this afternoon saved a plantation on an inner city hillside, from serious damage.

Peter Dunne spoke on the issue on NewstalkZB this morning, the United Future leader was cautiously in favour of fluoride.

An earthquake close to a small Alpine village in the Awatere Valley has been felt in Nelson, Marlborough and Christchurch this morning.

A man accused of pointing an air gun at a bar patron was arrested last night after being found with a pistol, tomahawk and cannabis.

A rest home worker who was dismissed after being caught with a gardener in a dead resident's room has been awarded more than $28,000 in compensation.

Police say there was no foul play to a car fire near Nelson in which a person was dead.

Police are calling for sightings of a car as an investigations into a body found in a burnt out vehicle near Nelson continue.

An elderly person is in hospital this morning following a house fire in Nelson.

The family of a missing Dutch tourist is travelling out from Holland as the search for him continues.

A family with 150 years of brewing history boosts Nelson's craft-beer capital claim, writes Justin Henehan.

Sixty whales from a stranded pod of almost 200 have been successfully refloated near Nelson.

More stranded pilot whales are expected to die as weather conditions and nightfall hamper efforts to save 174 pilot whales that ran into trouble today.

A German tourist was attacked from behind and robbed of his bag, wallet and passport in Nelson early this morning,

Two men have been arrested over a tomahawk attack in Stoke yesterday.

Man was taken to Nelson Hospital early yesterday morning with a severe leg wound.

Nick Ferrier's residence was a good candidate to feature on My House, My Castle - not least because of this castle's three turrets.

A survey of portable cots for sale in New Zealand has uncovered potentially fatal safety defects - including folding mechanisms that could trap a child's neck.

Name suppression has lapsed for a Marlborough man convicted of 35 crimes including rape, supplying drugs and making objectionable images.

A Nelson lawyer wants to gift a New Zealand holiday to the person who tipped off Brazilian authorities to escaped murderer Phillip John Smith's whereabouts.

A business owner who was mistakenly given thousands of dollars by his bank later had his account put into the red without warning.

A Waikato woman was amazed when a last-minute airfare to travel from Taupo to Nelson cost her $445 - more than a return flight to Sydney.