Samantha Gee

About 1000 workers are thought to have been been exposed to high concentrations of respirable crystalline-silica dust while working with engineered stone slabs during the past 15 years.

If you looked up in certain parts of the country this week, you may have seen planes you didn't recognise. Audio

New Zealand workers are more likely to die than in Australia or the United Kingdom, new research shows.

It's the first known report of the species in the South Island.

For the last three years, kidney patient Denis Gapper has made the tiring journey from Blenheim to Nelson three times a week for life-saving dialysis. Audio

The girl's "online ordeal is a lesson to us all" a coroner has found.

But the health minister says there remains a bed shortage, which the government is working to address.

When Woolworths held an open day in Nelson looking for new staff, 400 people turned up.

The Health Minister has ordered an investigation into why the generator failed, and an audit of all back-up generation across all hospitals.

For two years Spring Creek residents have been warned to be ready to evacuate if there is heavy rain.

Last year more than 20 retailers were forced to vacate the space at Nelson's 244 Hardy Street, after cladding issues left it earmarked for demolition.

Shane Jones says there is an opportunity to "convert the oceanic space into a platform for global-scale protein-based fish farming". Audio

There have been feasibility studies, a referendum and decades of fundraising for an indoor heated pool in the town.

The tools - worth $50,000 - were stolen from a work vehicle in 2023, only to be auctioned off on behalf of police more than two years later.

Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming becomes the 34th name on the police roll of honour.

Mayor Nick Smith said the region was almost "punch drunk on bad news", after the worst four months he could recall.

The Mainland's only dedicated turtle rescue service says it's already at capacity, having taken in more than 100 strays in the last eight years. Audio

A spokesperson for the company said staff in Nelson and Wellington had been told of the proposal last week.

Floods caused over $2m in damage, but the popular Great Taste Trail is set to be largely restored for summer.

The tragedy has caused the wine industry to review its health and safety policies around sampling the product.

"He maintains he is innocent": Watson has promised to take the case higher after the Court of Appeal ruled he received a fair trial.

Planning for a new archive, research and collections building for the Nelson Provincial Museum has been underway for the last decade.

Tasman and Nelson face a massive windfall timber clean-up after recent storms in the area.

Both Nelson and Tasman's councils have committed $3 million to a proposal to rebuild the archive storage facility, with Nelson to decide this week whether to continue that commitment. Audio

Shane Christie has been remembered as a man who "lived his life as if he were in a scrum", a courageous leader and a staunch advocate for rugby player welfare, at his funeral in Nelson.