LATEST
Nelson & Tasman News
Rescuers praised after safe return of four teens stranded by flooding
Police are praising rescue staff who retrieved four teenagers from Mid Wairoa Hut in the Richmond Ranges over the long weekend. A personal locator beacon...
Tasker guilty of murder over fatal Nelson police attack
A Christchurch High Court jury has found Hayden Tasker guilty of murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming and seriously injuring Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay after...
Nelson police seek dog walker witness in park assault investigation
Nelson Police investigating an assault are appealing for information from the public to assist in their investigation. "Police are specifically appealing to hear from a...
Person located deceased in Motueka Valley
Police have today located a person deceased in the Motueka Valley area. The person was found by Search and Rescue personnel looking for missing Motueka...
Search continues for missing Motueka man Nathan Green
Tasman Police continue to search for missing Motueka man, 52-year-old Nathan Green. On Monday 13 April, Nathan left his home address on foot. He was...
Missing person: Have you seen Nathan?
Police are urgently appealing for sightings of Nathan from Motueka, reported missing by his family. Nathan was last seen on Monday 13 April, and has...
Mother found guilty in medical child abuse case
A mother accused of abusing her child during prolonged medical treatment has been found guilty on all seven charges following a seven-week High Court...
Fatal crashes – Kaitaia and Tasman
Fatal crash: Tasman One person has died following a crash in Tasman on Friday afternoon. The two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Coastal Highway (SH60) and...
Plea of sobriety falls flat after ‘shocking’ breath test result
A call to Police about a swerving car in Nelson potentially saved lives, and the breath test result left officers stunned. The caller rang Police...
Severe multi-hazard storm set to batter NZ
A deep subtropical low is forecast to bring a significant multi-hazard weather event across New Zealand from late Wednesday through Friday, with the most...
Two new District Court judges appointed for Palmerston North and Nelson
Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced the appointment of two new District Court Judges, with Prudence McGuire and Christopher Macklin set to take up their...
Warriors Pathways Programme targets future talent in Nelson
The One New Zealand Warriors strengthened their grassroots development efforts in Nelson over the same weekend local product Harry Inch made his NRL debut...
Doctor backed by supporters after Ivermectin ‘misconduct’ ruling
Nelson doctor Caroline Wheeler was found guilty yesterday of professional misconduct by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal for prescribing Ivermectin during the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Fatal crash, Lower Moutere
Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Lower Moutere last night. The single vehicle crash at the intersection of Waiwhero and...
Tropical low to bring heavy rain and strong winds – MetService
Severe weather is forecast to affect large parts of New Zealand from Wednesday as a tropical low approaches from the north, bringing heavy rain...
How a wrong turn led to 3 weeks lost in bush for Graham Garnett
Disoriented by heavy cloud and with weather conditions closing in, one wrong turn was all it took to send Graham Garnett deep within the...
Tramper missing for weeks found alive
A 66-year-old man missing for more than two weeks in Kahurangi National Park has been found alive, sheltering in a backcountry hut. Graham Garnett, who...
Race against tide as volunteers fight to save stranded pilot whales at Farewell Spit
Six pilot whales have died after a mass stranding at Farewell Spit in the South Island, while volunteers and conservation staff are urgently working...
Police move search for missing tramper into limited phase
Police say the search for missing tramper Graham Garnett, 66, is moving into a limited search phase as efforts are reviewed and assessed. Sergeant Jonny...
Tasman flood recovery to cost $50m and take up to two years
More than six months after record floods devastated the Tasman District, the recovery effort is expected to cost around $50 million and take up...
Facebook crayfish seller caught in illegal seafood trade
A Nelson man who sold crayfish and pāua caught on a recreational dive trip via Facebook has pleaded guilty and become one of 26...
Chambers to patrol Nelson on New Year’s Eve
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers will spend New Year’s Eve on frontline duty in Nelson, working alongside local officers and commemorating a year since the...
Crown to return 7,500 hectares to descendants of original Maori owners
Ownership of more than 7,500 acres of land across Nelson, Tasman and Golden Bay will be returned to the descendants of its original Māori...
Tasman man jailed five years for one of NZ’s most extreme child exploitation collections
A 22-year-old Tasman man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after admitting to possessing, creating and distributing an extensive collection...
Nelson supermarket manager’s attacker jailed after series of violent assaults
A Nelson supermarket manager left traumatised after a sudden, unprovoked attack while restocking shelves has watched his assailant, 26-year-old Shamah Riley, sentenced to three...
Missing woman found dead near Fox River
A woman has been found deceased over the weekend after failing to return from a tramping expedition in the Tasman district. "Police were called to...
NPC 2025 QF2: Bay of Plenty 27-7 Tasman
Bay of Plenty have beaten Tasman 27-7 in their Bunnings NPC quarterfinal today at Tauranga Domain. https://youtu.be/pA0L793mnjk?si=dou9f06O4b3GI5xt
Rugby prodigy set for NRL switch
Promising 19-year-old Tasman playmaker Harry Inch is reportedly poised to switch codes and join the New Zealand Warriors in 2026. The former Nelson College and...
Couple charged over indecent act on flight from Auckland to Nelson
Reuben Jeremy Finn, 30, and Bronte LeLievre, 32, have appeared in Nelson District Court after engaging in indecent behaviour during an Air New Zealand...
NPC 2025 Round 9: Southland 38-55 Tasman
Tasman have beaten Southland 38-55 in their Round 9 Bunnings NPC clash today at Rugby Park Stadium in Invercargill. https://youtu.be/fXuA9EONc_E?si=GR7owYdBHunBQQle
Police welcome IPCA findings regarding Motueka incident
Police welcome the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) that a police officer’s actions during an incident in Motueka in March 2024...
1.5kg of meth seized and two arrested at ferry terminal stop
Tasman Police have arrested two people after finding a kilo-and-a-half of methamphetamine in their vehicle. Members of the Tasman Organised Crime Unit stopped a rental...
NPC 2025 Round 7: Canterbury 31-25 Tasman
Canterbury have beaten Tasman 31-25 in their Round 7 Bunnings NPC clash today at Apollo Projects Stadium in Canterbury. Canterbury also retain the Ranfurly Shield. https://youtu.be/TxBKSo2aN0w?si=c1DFAwCxBldQZ6Wg
NPC 2025 Round 6: Tasman 21-29 Auckland
Auckland have beaten Tasman 21-29 in their Round 6 Bunnings NPC clash today at Lansdowne Park in Blenheim. https://youtu.be/Sr_nhsN6ztU?si=O81KU2Ud41XnfoV5
Sealord factory in Nelson facing closure
Sealord has announced a proposal to close its coated fish factory in Nelson, putting 79 permanent jobs at risk, including 57 factory and 22...
Shane Christie laid to rest
Shane Christie’s funeral was held at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson, where the foyer and grounds were filled with attendees including family, friends, former...
Thousands report shaking after magnitude 4.8 quake near Marlborough Sounds; smaller tremor near Te Anau
More than 7000 people reported feeling a moderate earthquake that struck in the Marlborough Sounds late on Saturday night. The magnitude 4.8 quake hit at...
Man accused of killing Nelson police officer Lyn Fleming named
The man charged with murdering Nelson police officer Lyn Fleming has been named as 32-year-old Hayden Donald Jason Tasker. Fleming died in the early hours...
Do you recognise this man?
Nelson Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man pictured in these images. "We believe he may be able to assist us with...
A call to action to support food producers affected by the Nelson-Tasman flooding
Jamie Hovenden watched helplessly as floodwaters swept through his Motueka Valley farm, carrying away fencing, stock feed and even his wife, who clung to...
