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. Read...

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

In a year when it came under fire for outdated facilities and understaffing, there was some good news at the hospital with the opening of a modern ED wing. Read...

New modular 28-bed wards will be provided to five hospitals: Middlemore in Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Nelson and Hawke’s Bay. Read...

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has now confirmed the millipede has been found in New Plymouth, and that it’s also awaiting samples of a specimen from Nelson. Read...

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has now confirmed the millipede has been found in New Plymouth, and that it`s also awaiting samples of a specimen from Nelson. Read...

As the new Nelson City Council was sworn in on Thursday afternoon, returning mayor Nick Smith put the economic recovery of the city in his sights. Read...

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

Some Nelson residents have been asked to evacuate their homes as armed police deal with a man making threats. Read...

A power failure at Nelson Hospital caused “pandemonium”, a union organiser said. Read...