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Explore Tasman near Nelson, a quiet coastal village of orchards and inlet beaches where Aporo Road meets the Ruby Coast.

Discover a quiet north-coast settlement where a sheltered bay, cable-station history and a farmland walkway sit just beyond Nelson.

Discover Beachville on Nelson's harbour edge, where heritage cottages and a historic spring sit a short walk from the city centre.

Explore Ruby Bay near Nelson and find a pebble foreshore where orchard country meets coastal village life.

Discover a quiet Tasman town of orchards and German settler roots, where Ranzau Road still tells the story of early farming life.

Head to Brightwater near Nelson for a riverside town where the Rutherford memorial and Waimea orchard country sit side by side.

Discover a coastal village near Nelson where a working wharf, inlet views and orchard country still shape daily life.

Discover Richmond near Nelson, a Tasman town where Queen Street, civic offices and bus links meet the Waimea Plains.

Discover Moana, a hillside Nelson suburb of elevated streets, small reserves and a short run down to the Tāhunanui coast.

The Boulder Bank is the 13 km spit of boulders that shelters Nelson Haven from Tasman Bay, ending at The Cut, the shipping entrance to Port Nelson. Boulder reefs run down its outer face to sand in about 12 to 13 metres of water, and that edge holds snapper, kahawai, gurnard and the odd blue […]

Most earthworks jobs that go wrong did not go wrong in the digging. They went wrong in the week before, when nobody checked whether the wall needed a consent, whether the truck could physically reach the site, or where two cubic metres of clay was going to end up. Here is what is worth settling […]

Most people choose a heat pump the way they choose a TV, by brand and by price. Then they get one that runs constantly and never quite warms the room, or one that blasts, clicks off, and leaves the place cold and clammy twenty minutes later. Both of those are usually the same problem, and […]