Teenage girl missing from Blenheim found safe and well

'Sign of the times': Marlborough’s film scene takes a long slumber

The rise of AI, political changes, economic conditions and the fickle nature of movie making are all being blamed for the move.

'Nature takes no prisoners': The billion-dollar cost of river erosion

Landowners in north Marlborough are frustrated at the lack of action on riverbank erosion threatening their properties, but the council says it can’t intervene without footing a bill of more than a billion dollars.

Ombudsman reprimands council for holding too many secret meetings

Councils were given a dressing-down two years ago for holding workshops behind closed doors too often and for invalid reasons.

Councillor asks how elderly can use new children's playground

Council parks officer Robert Hutchinson probably didn’t think he’d have to explain how the elderly could use a proposed playground at a Marlborough committee meeting.