A man has been left with burns to his mouth after an assault outside Nelson City Council offices early this morning.

A woman in a car was reportedly intimidated by a group of about 10 motorcyclists, some believed to be patched gang members, on Saturday afternoon in Nelson.

Nelson man David John Hobbs was described as the "mastermind" behind an A$30 million "Ponzi" scheme.

Bruce Andrew Mortimer spent the last few years trying to keep out of trouble before he got killed in a hostel, his former partner says.

Bruce Andrew Mortimer died on Saturday night from injuries sustained in an earlier incident at Nelson’s Franklyn Village residential units.

A man killed this weekend and those arrested in connection with his death all lived at the same hostel.

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.

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 have recovered a car in which a person died after it went down a bank and was engulfed in flames.

Police are hoping to remove the remains of a body from a burnt out car near Nelson today.

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.

There was hope for 64 stranded pilot whales last night when they were finally helped on their way to the safety of deeper water.

Around 100 volunteers are working frantically to save what is left of a pod of stranded pilot whales near Nelson this morning.

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.