Weekend
Seeking a calling card for our wine
Nelson
Nelson is staking a claim as the home of New Zealand's finest aromatic wines. Alastair Paulin explains.
The iron couple
by PETER GIBBS - Nelson
The world's toughest sporting challenges are a way of life for Nelson couple Richard and Elina Ussher.Meet the beans, my new best friends
The Nelson Mail
Nelson reporter Josh Reich tries a month without meat.New mountain bike trail a hit
The Nelson Mail
Mountainbikers have a new playground. Geoff Collett reports.
Sailing for dummies
The Nelson Mail
CHARLES ANDERSON took up the opportunity to prove himself a master of the seas.Badges and sashes live on
The Nelson Mail
The challenge was simple: Nelson Mail reporters were asked to try their hand at something they had always thought about giving a go.Big feet to follow
The Nelson Mail
NAOMI ARNOLD traces the footsteps of Golden Bay's dinosaur discovery.Big fish out of the water
The Nelson Mail
Paul Steere, head of New Zealand's largest salmon producer, New Zealand King Salmon, is stepping down - but not bowing out completely. KAREN CLARK reports.The selling of the Rutherford option
The Nelson Mail
The Nelson Mail continues its series of articles about the long-running debate around the case for a performing arts centre and associated conference centre for Nelson.On the parking beat
By TRACY NEAL - Nelson
Parking wardens get a bad rap, but it pays to look at the bigger picture: how would you get to park your car in town if those who were there first never budged?Psst . . . there's something happening at the library
The Nelson Mail
Libraries no longer go by the book alone, but have embraced the age of digital information, as ALICE COWDREY discovers.Man-wrangling with Peta
By TRACY NEAL - The Nelson Mail
Writing a book about men has changed Peta Mathias's views of what she thought she knew about them.The case for a performing arts centre
The Nelson Mail
As Nelson embarks on the latest round of debate over plans for a performing arts theatre and conference centre, GEOFF COLLETT looks at what other New Zealand towns and cities have achieved in recent years.A hospital pass?
The Nelson Mail
An ambitious plan to overhaul Golden Bay's health services is threatening to turn septic.Paper calls time on rite of passage
The Nelson Mail
Many youngsters get a start in work by delivering papers, but that era is coming to an end.Culture clash
The Nelson Mail
It doesn't take much to stir up bitterness, recrimination and finger-pointing between cyclists and motorists. GEOFF COLLETT reports.Save the Makos
The Nelson Mail
JOSH REICH asked 11 people with a keen interest in the future of rugby in the top of the south: why do the Makos deserve to stay in the top tier?Rugby fans get in behind Makos
The Marlborough Express
The campaign to save the Makos and keep the Tasman Rugby Union in the top tier of domestic rugby is gaining momentum.More birdsong once the pests are drummed out
By GEOFF COLLETT - The Nelson Mail
A grassroots effort has been launched to kill the pests and save the birds on Nelson's doorstep. Geoff Collett reports.Moving on...
By NAOMI ARNOLD - The Nelson Mail
A decade on from the closure of Ngawhatu Hospital, how has mental health care evolved?The battle for Marahau
The Nelson Mail
Is the once-peaceful seaside village at the entrance to Abel Tasman National Park being spoiled by the tourist dollar?
Making the most of what we've got
By GEOFF COLLETT - The Nelson Mail
Welcome to Nelson.Imagine this
by GEOFF COLLETT - The Nelson Mail
Geoff Collett takes a closer look at the blueprint for the future of Nelson's CBD.Playing our part
The Nelson Mail
Nelsonians have a habit of turning up to events at the last minute, expecting to park their car outside the venue and their bum on a front-row seat inside.Union debate gets ever murkier
The Nelson Mail
The debate about whether Nelson and Tasman should have one or two councils is becoming side-tracked into murky, confusing legalistic arguments and sideshows.
Field day
The Nelson Mail
The latest and biggest addition to the ever-expanding home of sport in Nelson is almost ready for action.A modern facility looking to the future
The Nelson Mail
The Saxton Stadium features five basketball and/or netball courts, 12 volleyball courts, and an 800-square metre annex for table tennis.Michelin men
The Nelson Mail
Meet the two men who have more than any put Nelson restaurants on the map.Master craftsman of the clay
The Nelson Mail
To many, Jack Laird, who died this month, was the father of pottery in Nelson.The big charity squeeze
The Nelson Mail
Less money to go around, more demand for charity and renewed scrutiny of high-profile fundraising events it's a tough time to be asking others for money.There's no stopping the Mini
The Nelson Mail
Mass Mini mania is coming, with fans of the compact little car flocking to Nelson to mark 50 years of Minis.
These little piggies (and biggies) went to the pub
By ALASTAIR PAULIN - The Nelson Mail
I'm a pig lover.Pure and simple
Tourism in paradise
The Nelson Mail
How much longer can New Zealand live up to its pristine image in the eyes of the world's tourists?Busting the binge
The Nelson Mail
Last week's landmark Law Commission report into liquor laws has triggered a fresh round of debate and hand-wringing over the country's drinking culture.The hunter-philosopher
By GEOFF COLLETT - The Nelson Mail
A Nelson hunter has set out to break tradition with his debut as a hunting writer.A very long courtship
By GEOFF COLLETT - The Nelson Mail
A fresh round in the Nelson-Tasman amalgamation debate has been opened.The glory days continue
By CHARLES ANDERSON - The Nelson Mail
Nelson College's schoolboy rugby pedigree is celebrated when the school hosts the Quadrangular Tournament.A Nayland way of life farewelled
By CHARLES ANDERSON - The Nelson Mail
There is plenty to remember Charles Newton by.Neighbours see more than crematorium at stake
The Nelson Mail
Neighbours who have fought the plan for the Gardens of the World Project think the public should be singing the council's praises.From out of the ashes
The Nelson Mail
Francis Day sees his plan for a new crematorium in Hope as another stage of a lifetime's service to the community.Motropolis: Motueka men can do anything
By ALASTAIR PAULIN - The Nelson Mail
Motueka may be a welcoming place, but it still expects a few core competencies from its menfolk.Pub quiz night: a group massage for the wide and shallow mind
By MATT LAWREY - The Nelson Mail
You might think this sounds soft but I'm beginning to think pub quiz nights should come with a health warning.An artist's life among the elements
By MIC DOVER - The Nelson Mail
Even as a boy, Thorkild Hansen took to the world of silversmithing with enthusiasm.Guarding the ancestral relics
By GEOFF COLLETT - The Nelson Mail
Tasman boasts a rich collection of archaeological sites, but how well protected have they been protected?Big hair days with Jacko
By ALASTAIR PAULIN - The Nelson Mail
For 20 years, Tommy Sims did hair and make-up for the stars.Bach backlash
By HAYLEY GALE - The Nelson Mail
To some, they are a piece of Golden Bay heritage, a reminder of how seaside baches used to be.
Changes may lead to more hardship
Opera in Park gearing up to be biggest ever
Brother's death and baby lead to changes
Without rain water limits loom
Music school enjoys grand gesture
$41.5m dam tagged for Lee Valley
D'Urville oil prospector faces opposition
Stop work, retirement village told by council
Monaco resort investor troubles
Thousands attend annual food fete
Brother's death and baby lead to changes
Tourist fails to impress police
Without rain water limits loom
Opera in Park gearing up to be biggest ever
$41.5m dam tagged for Lee Valley
D'Urville oil prospector faces opposition
Opera in Park gearing up to be biggest ever
Monaco resort investor troubles
Nelson talent to sing for opera crowd