Emma Eagle and her daughter Lily Eagle, 4, place flowers at the Wakefield Quay Port Nelson wharf where Leo ...

'That is someone's baby'

From one mum to another, Emma Eagle wants Leo Lipp-Neighbours' family to know the people of Nelson are thinking of them.

Jail time for car crime

Kodie Reece Russell will join his partner in crime, Levi McMaster, in prison for a spate of offending across the Nelson ...

A man who filmed a meth-fuelled crime spree with his partner in crime has landed both of them behind bars.

Petition plan for Motueka kindy

What's the priority – kids or car parks, asks one supporter.

Nelson goes back to school video

Nelson's School of Music has almost been restored to its former glory.

The show must not go on

Hundreds of students devastated at last-minute cancellation of Stage Challenge.

Award winning landscapes

A Nelson landscape architecture firm has taken out two national awards.

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Waterfront floral tribute for Leo

Flowers and a candle left at the wharf near where Leo Lipp-Neighbours' car was found.

7:04 PM  Flowers have been left at the scene where Leo Lipp-Neighbours' car was found.

Petition plan for Motueka kindy

What's the priority – kids or car parks, asks one supporter.

Award winning landscapes

Crime spree caught on camera

Sport

Worker forces way back into Black Caps

Central Districts batsman George Worker was rewarded for his top summer with re-selection in the New Zealand team.

George Worker responded with the bat and responded well.

Time for Tactix shooters to step up

Tactix shooter Kadeen Corbin puts up a shot during the loss to the Northern Stars on Sunday.

Pressure on Tactix shooters to perform after coach's tirade in last match.

Giants and Hawks chasing first win

Dion Prewster led the Nelson Giants' scoring against the Southland Sharks with 22 points.

The Nelson Giants and Hawke's Bay Hawks desperate out to break losing streaks.

Ayers out for Suburbs

Top scorer Sam Ayers is unavailable for Nelson Suburbs this weekend.

Three players missing for Nelson Suburbs' fourth Mainland Premier League match.

Nelson looking to maintain clean slate

Ethan Blackadder, shown here in the Buccaneers' strip, has been a star performer in Nelson's forward pack.

Nelson's unbeaten two-match run is about to be challenged by Kahurangi.

Lifestyle & Entertainment

Moana's love of the ocean

Moana Maniapoto, Karlos Tunks-Saunders, Paddy Free and Trina Maniapoto bring My Name is Moana with Arts on Tour to the ...

Moana Maniapoto and friends are touring the South Island as part of Arts on Tour, performing My Name is Moana.

Celebration of youth talent at Fringe

A scene from When? by Gabbie Emerson, one of five youth productions at the Nelson Fringe Festival.

 Teenagers from Takaka to Nelson are taking part in the Nelson Fringe Festival this year.

Falcons make flying visit to Nelson

The Black Falcons thrilled the crowds at the RNZAF Air Tattoo at Base Ohakea in February. They will make a flying visit ...

Feeling the need for speed? The Black Falcons will turn and burn towards the Nelson this weekend.

Review: Fiddler on the Roof

Nelson Theatrix deserve plenty of bouquets for creating so many wonderful moments in this performance.

Looking at art illusions

The Suter Art Gallery curator, Sarah McClintock with works in From Afar, featuring Mervyn Williams and selected artists.

From Afar, inspired by the work of Mervyn Williams, has opened at the Suter Art Gallery.

Opinion

Ordeal of those left without answers

Police continue to investigate Leo Lipp-Neighbours car after it was lifted from the bottom of Nelson Harbour on Tuesday ...

At last they may be able to stop searching.

Don't fear ideological diversity

'If you're not with us, you're against us' seems to be the mantra for today's upholders of free speech.

OPINION: Today's speech police is as oppressive as those their forebears fought so hard to overturn, writes Karl du Fresne.

To hear, or not to hear, that is the question

Something that is so small can make such a massive difference to those suffering from hearing loss.

One of the defining circumstances of my childhood was having a deaf mother.

We should be able to handle the truth

Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson at the launch of their book Hit and Run.

"You want ANSWERS?" says Jack Nicholson.

Scourge disappearing in cloud of vapour?

Vaping equipment or e-cigarettes.

The move to legalise vaping should, oddly, further clear the air in the battle against smoking.

Our People

Passion for kai drives business

Reni Wereta-Gargiulo of Kiwi Kai with her delicious whitebait pie.

Taste of Nelson talks to a business dynamo with an appetite for a successful kai business.

Morgan turns from aircraft builder to pilot

Morgan Frost, 20, in the Van's RV-12 aircraft he and others, including owner Alan Caudwell, built from a kitset.

Morgan Frost now has his own pilot's licence after learning to fly the aircraft he helped build.

Number one hit for Nelson singer video

Aly Cook's sixth single from the album Horseshoe Rodeo Hotel hit  number 1 on the Australian Country Airplay Chart.

Aly Cook's single Western Line is a smash hit in Australia, topping the Country Airplay Chart.

Schoolgirl eyes black jersey

Motueka High School student Risaleaana Pouri-Lane, 16, has been playing for the Black Ferns development rugby sevens ...

Is a Motueka schoolgirl New Zealand's next sevens star?

Fight for lost Gallipoli diary video

Margaret Kearns with a picture of her father Hartley Palmer and a copied page from his World War I diary. Palmer's ...

After an English historian took her father's WWI notebook and refused to give it back, one Nelson woman went on a quest.

Rugby

Nelson looking to maintain clean slate

Ethan Blackadder, shown here in the Buccaneers' strip, has been a star performer in Nelson's forward pack.

Nelson's unbeaten two-match run is about to be challenged by Kahurangi.

Nelson remain unbeaten

Nelson No 8 Isaiah Miller heads for the try-line during Saturday's clash with Waimea Old Boys.

Nelson beat WOB in Jubilee Park thriller.

Tasman Trophy promises more exciting match ups

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Waimea Old Boys' Connor Trathen cools off after the game against Marist in round one ...

Competitive first Tasman Trophy round hopefully sets the tone.

Kick off

Moutere centre Teone Filipo makes for a gap in the Harlequins defense during their game at the weekend. Moutere took the ...

COLUMN: The top of the south club rugby season looks to be another cracker, writes Tasman Makos team manager Martyn Vercoe.

Lash helping to ease concussion issues

Mike Lash is preaching the blue card gospel.

Tasman referee Mike Lash is helping to turn the problem of concussion on its head. 

Arts

Historic movie house to close

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Earthquake prone buildings in Courtenay Place, ...

Wellington's Paramount cinema will close in September, just after celebrating its centenary.

Gumboot Musical a stomping good time

Stimela 'The Gumboot' Musical is a show full of joy and laughter and proves that music is indeed food for the soul.

The Gumboot Musical will leave you breathless and stomping your feet for more.

Intoxicating alternative to Marchfest

John Rimmer conducts the Nelson Symphony Orchestra rehearsing at the Old St John's Hall.

REVIEW: The audience was left still and spellbound by Nelson Symphony Orchestra's first concert of 2017.

Teen snapper sells three pictures at exhibition

Sue Birchfield says organisers hope to hold another exhibition in 2018.

New How Great Thou Art exhibition raises thousands for PACT and Ma's Place.

Romantic musical journey

Helene Pohl played one of Clara Schurmann's works in the Love Triangle concert.

Adam Chamber Music Concert Series

Buskers bring four days of fun

Buskers Alakazam Al Millar, left, Mat Ricardo and Kamikaze Fireflies Casey Martin and Rob Williams who are here for the ...

Nelson is in for a treat with buskers from all over the world coming together for a four day festival.

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