Flood images and video footage from around the region.

They came, they saw, they rocked. Bands from 13 schools took to the stage at the 2011 Primary School Rock Festival held at Stoke School on Tuesday.

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Never has there been a more-anticipated new car debut in speedway history - and yet only a handful of helpers have seen the superstock unveiled in the Nelson Mail today.

The Nelson Arts Festival went to the dogs when canine entrants dominated Pet Art Wear held at Founders Heritage Park.

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Gasping, yelling, hooting and spontaneous applause greeted Piki Mai during its official launch on Saturday night.

Rain failed to dampen the spirits of the sellout crowd at Trafalgar Park on Saturday for Nelson's last Rugby World Cup match between Australia and Russia.

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Crowds converged on Club Italia in Nelson on Saturday night for the Venetian Carnivale Mask Party.

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The Italian love of long lunches came to Nelson's Trafalgar St in a big way this week.

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Photo highlights from this year's WearableArt show.

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Nelson Mail photographer Marion Van Dijk visits the waterfront after dark.

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Colin Smith visits the sprawling Nelson Pine Industries complex in Richmond.

Shops, businesses, schools and homes around the region have been proudly decked out in Canterbury red and black this week as Nelson gets behind the Crusaders ahead of their Super semifinal against the Sharks on Saturday night.

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Nelson Mail photographer Martin de Ruyter learns how a crane is put together at Port Nelson.

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Abbey Hahn is too young to have a beer but that doesn't stop her from playing the lagerphone.

Waimea College students spent last week raising funds in the international 40-Hour Famine and they had some fun doing it.

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If you live year-round in a Tahunanui holiday park, does that make life a beach?

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Twenty fund raising teens from each of the region's colleges ran the city streets on Saturday.

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Thoughtful songwriting, new band members, and a "flawless" performance made it two years in a row for Garin College's The Peasants at the Smokefreerockquest Nelson final.

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With a concept two years in the making, and after months of practice and stress, Waimea College took home the 2011 Stage Challenge title at the Trafalgar Centre last night.