Two inexperienced trampers owe their lives to the volunteer search and rescue parties that rescued them from the Nelson Lakes National Park on the weekend, police say.

Two trampers were rescued from a mountain in Nelson Lakes National Park after spending a night exposed to -18C and falling snow.

An apparent ram raid of a car parts supplier in Nelson this morning is being investigated by police.

A DOC investigation is underway following allegations of kea being shot at a forestry site in Nelson.

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

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.