Since 2011, roll of Salisbury School in Nelson has fallen from 72 to nine.

A decision to start discussions over the future of a special education school for girls is "unbelievably short-sighted", the school's board chairman says.

Jethro Nicholson feels afraid when he crosses the deadly Grey River Bar in an 18 metre fishing boat. This afternoon, he took on its power in a 1.5m kayak.

A woman feeding stock on a Nelson farm died in a quadbike accident.

Police received two reports by two girls last month about a man acting suspiciously.

You can see more than 30 winning entries at the World of Wearable Art and Classic Cars Museum on the outskirts of Nelson's CBD for $24 (adult).

A man was left unconscious and with serious injuries after a group of people attacked him in Nelson, early on Sunday morning.

Morrinsville and Fairfield colleges closed for a week, and Nelson school students monitored after teenager who recently visited Hamilton contracted the disease.

A Nelson postie says she was threatened with a possible jail sentence from her employer if she continued to refuse delivering scam mail to residents.

A 16-year-old boy was airlifted to Nelson Hospital this afternoon after falling and seriously injuring his leg while motorcross riding.

Elisabeth Easther finds herself stoked with a small town's selection of brews.

Nelson police are at the scene of an address in Stoke, where a person's body has been found.

Labour leader Andrew Little thinks it would a good idea for the Government to chip in and support the social media campaign to buy a sliver of land in Golden Bay.

A French tramper was airlifted out of Mt Richmond Forest Park, near Nelson, after falling some 10 metres off a mountain ridge.

A crossing appeared in a South Island town -- and just as quickly disappeared again.

A "special arrangement" immigration authorities made with a labour hire firm preceded the country's first human trafficking arrests, a court was told today.

Road blocks are being taken down from Nelson streets and school lock-downs are lifting in the wake of the police response to a fight in which a firearms was presented.

Boy racers are in the sights of police in the Nelson Bays district.

The man was driving a white ute on State Highway 60, about halfway between Nelson and Motueka when he overtook a slow-travelling maroon Suzuki Vitara about 3pm.

A prisoner was on the run from police last night after escaping from custody at the Nelson District Court.

An area of Nelson has been evacuated after a truck carrying gas cylinders caught fire causing some to explode.

Shandelle Battersby checks in to the Rutherford Hotel in Nelson.

Nelson police yesterday appealed for help finding Jeremy Flatt, 37, who was last seen on September 19. Police today said he had been located.

Family members and police are worried about Jeremy Flatt, 37, who was last seen on September 19.

A man who slashed his crewmate's throat before stabbing him twice has successfully appealed to have his sentence reduced - after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Woman who got up early to watch the rugby was almost four times the legal alcohol limit while driving to work.

Two policemen who saved a man from a burning flat are being hailed as lifesavers. One of the rescuers required hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.

A 51-year-old man was found by members of the public after being assaulted in Nelson just after 2pm.