Samantha Gee

About 2000 ratepayers in Nelson have been warned to expect a significant jump in their rates bill when it arrives this week.

As disruptive storms and major flooding events become more common, councils are looking at how to prepare for the impact of a changing climate.

New research shows women's sport now makes up a fifth of all sports news coverage, a six percent rise on the previous year.

Nelson has the highest number of people cycling to work in New Zealand but sustainable transport advocates say ditching the car still is not a safe enough option for many.

A 14.5 hectare block of farmland is set to house hundreds of people, who will own their own homes and have a common house for shared meals and communal land for gardens.

Reefton has bucked the trend with a 40 percent increase in visitor spending during the pandemic.

After Kaikōura's first paūa season in five years, data shows about 35 tonnes of the shellfish were harvested by recreational fishers during the three-month period.

Nelson City Council will take another look at plans for its $46 million riverside library, as new data shows sea level rise will affect the region sooner than anticipated.

A Nelson based climate change group has launched a campaign to bombard politicians with postcards that show support for the emissions reduction plan.

The country's largest salmon producer says it is being forced to close farms and let go of staff due to warmer water temperatures brought on by climate change.

The West Coast job market is booming with a surge in listings and many workers taking advantage of a programme to upskill.

Ukrainians in Nelson have been buoyed by the support they have received from the opposite side of the world to their war torn homeland.

The lack of a public bus between Nelson and Motueka led a community trust to establish its own minivan service to transport people between the two centres.

Geotech abseilers have spent three months drilling into a 10,000 tonne block of rock to stop it from falling onto a road near Queenstown. Video

The Ministry for the Environment has issued a warning about compostable packaging - likening it to single-use plastics.

A fishing vessel has run aground at the tip of Farewell Spit, at the top of the South Island.

Iwi across the top of the South Island are now well equipped to be part of the official emergency management response in the event of a disaster.

For those in many parts of the South Island, it's been a long time since they could recycle soft plastic waste.

More than $1 million has been spent reconfiguring Nelson Hospital to better treat patients with Covid-19.

With the lifting of restrictions under the orange traffic light setting, there will be no limit on the number of people who can attend Easter Services at churches across the motu.

Contractors are busy doing earthworks to form the contours for a new coastal park in Nelson, which is expected to be complete before next summer.

An investigation has found a KiwiRail employee thought he had applied the brakes on a remote-controlled shunt locomotive and went to make a call on his phone, before the engine fell into the sea.

There are signs of a housing market slowdown, with median house values falling in 150 out of 900 suburbs nationwide in the last three months.

Environmental watchdog group Guardians of the Sounds has obtained figures showing New Zealand King Salmon dumped close to 1300 tonnes of fish waste in landfill over the last three months.

Nearly 20,000 people have signed a petition to save one of Christchurch's birthing units.