Nelson Mail - October 17, 2026

Articles

Jester House to close after 35 years

Planning shake-up ‘shock’

Candidates on what’s next for health in Nelson

A hard road to the Moutere

Real estate prices falling across region, REINZ data shows

Saga of the lost boots and refund runaround

Nelson first stop on play’s journey

Starship staff shortages impact everyone, says mum of survivor

Magpie sightings reported

Nelson waste audit

New road layout

New crop of laureates named

NZ lags on funding adult jabs

KiwiRail to foot $37.5m bill for port upgrades

Cartoonist’s view: Jeff Bell

A race to incompetence

Schools crumble, hard right rises, governments dither

Is US democracy at maximum danger?

A Kiwi AI isn’t fanciful – it’s vital

Let’s keep government spending in New Zealand

Bright new day for sunscreen

Major questions as Unifil Lebanon exit nears

Ukraine abandons energy truce

Pentagon won’t livestream execution of military shooter

Joni Mitchell, 82, becomes American citizen after 61 years

President to free thousands from jail

Kray twins’ hitman’s savagery was masked by his sharp suits and self-mythologising

Assistant was the last of Winston Churchill’s secretaries

Dangerous deals

Voters undecided in suburb that traditionally reflects result

What to do in the garden this week

Achillea – yarrow

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CHILDREN’S CORNER

The People v Facebook – round 2

Drama, romance and Tangier – what more could you want?

Sense and sensibility in chaste Austen adaptation

Wolf gets down and dirty with loss

Let the ‘funnest’ times roll on

Pioneering goalkeeper carved out his own path

Willing Illing could hurt Australia

Warning signs from Silver Ferns

Good news: Phoenix look better Bad news: So too do Melbourne

Waaka in spotlight for World Cup opener

All Blacks set a high standard

Ponga’s bad break confirmed

Black Ferns have taste for greatness

NZR suffers setback in Chiefs name dispute

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