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Tue, 13 Jan 2026, 6:46 am

Man charged after pedestrian run down, police car rammed

A 36-year-old man is due to appear in court after allegedly running down and assaulting a pedestrian

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Wed, 10 Dec 2025, 11:59 am

‘It’s uneconomical’ - iwi provider of school lunches withdraws from programme

SAMANTHA GEE/RNZ An iwi provider of school lunches in the top of the South Island is withdrawing fr

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Fri, 5 Dec 2025, 11:12 am

Why is the Aratere ferry still in New Zealand waters?

Former Interislander ferry Aratere is still in New Zealand waters despite being retired in August an

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Mon, 13 Oct 2025, 12:26 pm

Teen friends killed as car rolls 98m on mountain in drunk crash

Poor decision-making contributed to the deaths of two teenage women in an off-road crash near Nelson

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Thu, 4 Sept 2025, 6:10 pm

Eves Valley Sawmill to close, 140 jobs gone

SAMANTHA GEE / RNZ Carter Holt Harvey has confirmed its Eves Valley sawmill in Tasman will close wi

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Wed, 6 Aug 2025, 3:06 pm

Niamh Fisher-Black equals best ever Grand Tour result

Nelson cyclist Niamh Fisher-Black has equalled her best result on a Grand Tour. The 24-year-old fini

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Wed, 2 Jul 2025, 6:00 am

Nelson Hospital ditches coal in favour of landfill gas

SAMANTHA GEE - RNZ Nelson Hospital is not burning coal this winter for the first time since the lat

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Sun, 29 Jun 2025, 4:55 pm

Man killed by falling tree remembered as a 'big character' in rural community

The man killed by a falling tree during floods across the South Island was a fifth generation hop fa

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Thu, 26 Jun 2025, 3:48 pm

Tasman residents told to brace for flooding

The Tasman District Council is expecting rivers across the region to be running at high levels and i

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Thu, 26 Jun 2025, 9:34 am

Nelson Hospital's heating fully powered by landfill gas

By Samantha Gee Nelson Hospital is not burning coal this winter for the first time since the late 1

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Tue, 24 Jun 2025, 5:01 pm

Millions going mad for NZ made garden game

RNZ A game developer from Nelson is partly behind the explosion in popularity of Grow a Garden, a R

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Thu, 19 Jun 2025, 5:36 pm

Three students hit by car outside Nelson College for Girls

Nelson College for Girls says it's working with police to understand how a car hit and injured three

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Wed, 28 May 2025, 11:33 am

Renewed calls for rain radar

Nelson Mayor Nick Smith has renewed calls for a rain radar to be installed in the region after flash

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Mon, 19 May 2025, 12:49 pm

Māori Queen visits Nelson for first time as monarch

By Samantha Gee/RNZ In her first official visit to the top of the South Island, Māori Queen Te Arik

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Mon, 21 Apr 2025, 9:03 am

Calls for rain radar in Nelson as regions vulnerability to flooding intensifies

By Samantha Gee, RNZ Changes have been made to the monitoring of Nelson's rivers since the damaging

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Tue, 15 Apr 2025, 4:00 pm

‘Much, much worse than we thought’ - Residents oppose bid to mine in Golden Bay

Samantha Gee/RNZ An Australian mining company has sought formal permission to mine remote native bu

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Thu, 3 Apr 2025, 7:44 am

Slips, flooding possible for Tasman, warns mayor

People in the Tasman district are being warned that the region may experience flooding, slips and bu

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Tue, 4 Mar 2025, 8:13 am

'Collective nightmare': School lunches with melted plastic investigated

Keiller McDuff, senior reporter, RNZ The Ministry for Primary Industries has launched an investigat

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Wed, 5 Feb 2025, 9:33 am

Val Smith calls time on more than 20 years of international bowls

Nelson’s Val Smith, one of New Zealand’s most successful lawn bowls athletes, is calling time on her

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Fri, 10 Jan 2025, 6:37 am

Name suppression extended for man accused of police officer’s murder

Name suppression for the man accused of killing Nelson police officer Lyn Fleming has been extended.

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