![Simon Townes, a Kiwi, is managing director for US company Constellation Brands.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/7/n/z/e/image.related.StuffSplash.300x400.1i7kor.13oibq.png/1490930824998.jpg)
The great vineyard takeover?
While they like drinking our wines, foreigners are not buying huge tracts of farmland to grow grapes.
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."
Insurance advice video pulled
![The Insurance Council has taken exception to some comments made by accountant and activist Cameron Preston at a meeting ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/7/b/n/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i6k49.png/1490995910468.jpg)
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
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 ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/8/o/2/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i8oyo.png/1491022342780.jpg)
The Marlborough Falcons are the 2016-17 Tasman Premier League champions after dismantling Stoke Nayland at Horton Park in Blenheim on Saturday.
Rowers grab first medal
![The silver medal-winning Marlborough Boys' College under-16 quad at the Maadi Cup regatta. From left: Finn Southey, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/8/c/b/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i8c0i.png/1490933916361.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/3/h/w/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i6z33.png/1490926186846.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/5/v/7/p/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i5le8.png/1490840016155.jpg)
A rocked rugby club in south Marlborough is hoping a pre-season Makos game will help pay for quake repairs.
Hard work is the secret
![Marlborough-based business coach and mentor Steve Smith.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/6/4/j/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i63j9.png/1490753632087.jpg)
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 ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/4/8/y/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i48vl.png/1490582834271.jpg)
OPINION: Sounds residents call for government's salmon farm relocation plan to be "tossed out".
Letters to the editor
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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 ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/1/m/k/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i1ngj.png/1490581473463.jpg)
OPINION: Titi (sooty shearwater/muttonbirds) were once so abundant in the Marlborough Sounds it led to the name Titirangi Bay.
The great vineyard takeover?
![Simon Townes, a Kiwi, is managing director for US company Constellation Brands.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/7/n/z/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i7kor.png/1490924471343.jpg)
While they like drinking our wines, foreigners are not buying huge tracts of farmland to grow grapes.
Air fares a business blocker?
![An Air New Zealand flight leaves Marlborough Airport.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/6/1/p/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i5nyl.png/1490768455217.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/4/z/l/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i4ugj.png/1490740488231.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/4/1/h/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1hu05j.png/1490653153993.jpg)
Kaikoura residents who were cut off in last year's earthquake want to see a community radio station back in the town.
Seven years in NZ's wilderness
![Miriam Lancewood found living off the grid was not only possible - it was prefereable.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/2/i/0/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1hlt8q.png/1491012581707.jpg)
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 ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/8/8/q/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i6vwo.png/1490930562625.jpg)
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 ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/7/6/p/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1hv1tn.png/1490928782092.jpg)
Three cows, stranded by the Kaikoura quake, shot to international fame. Now they're back, thanks to a children's book.
Splashing the cash
![At Home 010705 dh d1
Charles lounge suite and coffee table. FEATURES.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/7/w/d/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i7x6z.png/1490919981259.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170401050356im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/7/l/p/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i7k21.png/1490908645192.jpg)
People heading to Lansdowne Park this weekend should consider walking or getting dropped off.