Simon Townes, a Kiwi, is managing director for US company Constellation Brands.

The great vineyard takeover?

While they like drinking our wines, foreigners are not buying huge tracts of farmland to grow grapes.

Dolphins in the fog video

A dusky dolphin takes a leap in the Marlborough Sounds. (File photo)

Tourists get 'misty morning' encounter they'll never forget.

Spontaneous combustion sparks fire

A pile of hay on a lifestyle block burst into flames overnight.

Big drive to push repairs over line

A rocked rugby club in south Marlborough is hoping a pre-season Makos game will help pay for quake repairs.

Cleaning up crime

Police take literal approach to cleaning up the streets of Marlborough.

Learner driver 'destroyed a life'

Fatal-crash driver told: "You were a bullet waiting to be fired."

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Insurance advice video pulled

The Insurance Council has taken exception to some comments made by accountant and activist Cameron Preston at a meeting ...

The Insurance Council says the video contained confusing information and a defamatory attack.

New health board chief announced

Dr Peter Bramley​ is the new chief executive of Nelson Marlborough Health

Alarm saves sleeping woman

Ruling the stage

Sport

Falcons soar above Tasman cricket rivals

Falcons players celebrate a well-judged catch in the deep by Rikki Bovey, extreme right, during the Tasman Premier ...

The Marlborough Falcons are the 2016-17 Tasman Premier League champions after dismantling Stoke Nayland at Horton Park in Blenheim on Saturday.

Auckland take back momentum

Navin Patel added some crucial runs for Central Districts in their Plunket Shield match against Auckland in Napier on Friday.

CD's batting let them down on day three against Auckland.

Rowers grab first medal

The silver medal-winning Marlborough Boys' College under-16 quad at  the Maadi Cup regatta. From left: Finn Southey, ...

Marlborough competitors picked up their first medal at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro on Friday.

'Slap in face' gives Tactix motivation

Hayley Saunders, left, and the Mainland Tactix had a rough start to the ANZ Premiership against the Magic on Sunday.

Mainland Tactix have carried out plenty of soul searching this week after poor start to campaign.

Big drive to push repairs over line

Awatere Rugby Club member Andrew Lawson says the damaged clubrooms will be repaired in time for their first home game.

A rocked rugby club in south Marlborough is hoping a pre-season Makos game will help pay for quake repairs.

Opinion

Hard work is the secret

Marlborough-based business coach and mentor Steve Smith.

OPINION: There is no secret to business success but hard, smart work and good luck, writes Steve Smith.

Letters to the editor

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Correspondents write about Renwick water usage, Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson's new book Hit and Run, the environment awards, and the new health hub.

'Toss salmon plan out'

Ross Withell, president of the  Kenepuru and Central Sounds Residents Association, says the government's proposal to ...

OPINION: Sounds residents call for government's salmon farm relocation plan to be "tossed out".

Letters to the editor

Readers can email letters to the editor to mailbox@marlexpress.co.nz or post them to: The Marlborough Express, 58 Arthur ...

Correspondents write about the salmon relocation plan, biking SH1, fluoride, and courtesy crossings.

Once there were muttonbirds

Wiremu Waaka, trustee of the titi islands, his wife Harata, son Mark, and grand-daughters, Dawn and Mary taken on the ...

OPINION: Titi (sooty shearwater/muttonbirds) were once so abundant in the Marlborough Sounds it led to the name Titirangi Bay.

Business

The great vineyard takeover?

Simon Townes, a Kiwi, is managing director for US company Constellation Brands.

While they like drinking our wines, foreigners are not buying huge tracts of farmland to grow grapes.

'Harvest tap' has turned

The Allan Scott Family Winemakers harvest crew, with winemaking and viticulture director Josh Scott, centre.

It won't be the dream run of last year, but at least it has started.

Air fares a business blocker?

An Air New Zealand flight leaves Marlborough Airport.

High air fares and a lack of options has one Blenheim company looking to recruit in Nelson.

'Complete solution' for wine waste

Yealands Wine Group founder Peter Yealands has an ambitious plan to solve the wine industry's grape marc problems.

A site visit showed the wine entrepreneur had already started his plans, something "you're not supposed to do" without consent.

Bring back the radio

Kaikoura resident Nicole Radermacher is keen to see if there is a support for a Kaikoura-based community radio station.

Kaikoura residents who were cut off in last year's earthquake want to see a community radio station back in the town.

Your Marlborough

Seven years in NZ's wilderness

Miriam Lancewood found living off the grid was not only possible - it was prefereable.

Miriam Lancewood is 33, university educated, unemployed and homeless. That's just the way she likes it.

Ruling the stage

PE teacher Laurie Connor, played by Peter Morice, goes toe-to-toe with with student teacher Annie Tupua, played by Jess ...

Kings of the Gym comes with plenty of very funny, very unpolitically correct banter and lots of comedic heart.

Moo-ving tale of quake cows

Jane Millton, whose cows made international headlines after they were stranded on a tall tussock in the November ...

Three cows, stranded by the Kaikoura quake, shot to international fame. Now they're back, thanks to a children's book.

Splashing the cash

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POLL: Marlborough's economy is on the rise and we want to know if you've been shopping with all those extra dollars?

Car park closed

The car park at the main entrance to Lansdowne Park is closed this weekend.

People heading to Lansdowne Park this weekend should consider walking or getting dropped off.

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