In Mārahau, two people were trapped by floodwater, Nelson Tasman Civil Defence group controller Alec Louverdis said. They ...

Indigenous people account for less than 2% of the state's population, yet between 2006 and 2024, roughly 6% of Washington's ...

At 9:59am MetService escalated the severe weather warnings in the Tasman District to a Red Warning for Heavy Rain, in ...

Council is reviewing its Navigation Safety Bylaw through public consultation, which opens on Monday, 14 July. The Navigation ...

The top of the South Island is under a second state of emergency in three weeks.

Heavy rain is expected to slam already drenched areas of the country tomorrow. The Marlborough District Council says ...

A fresh state of emergency has been declared in the Nelson Tasman region this afternoon. Tasman Mayor Tim King said the state ...

MetService says there's been more rain for the flood-damaged Nelson Tasman district overnight, with more to come.

Tasman residents are being urged to delay disposing of silt because of concerns about the spread of a noxious weed.

For the third time in three weeks, the upper South Island has been told to brace itself for wild weather. A state of ...