Branding Picton an eco-town and gaining United Nations' Biosphere status to give the town international profile is one idea the Marlborough District Council has been encouraged to consider. A briefing ...

A war waged on rats and stoats could make a Marlborough coastal community New Zealand's first predator-free town. Environmental group Picton Dawn Chorus has received financial backing from the ...

Canadians are rediscovering the beauty of our own backyard and countryside escapes like Picton are drawing travellers from, not just Ontario, but across different provinces. For Torontonians, Picton, ...

The vision was presented to the Picton Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday night, with local business owners John Corbett and Phil Digger presenting ways to energise the town centre and transform the ...

Nestled in the beautiful Queen Charlotte Sound about 215 mi/350 km north of Christchurch, Picton, New Zealand, is a quiet town that serves as the South Island's port for ferries from Wellington o ...

Picton is the latest town to join others in the upper South Island with no road access due to flooding and high river levels. A local state of emergency was this afternoon declared in Marlborough with ...

A south-western Sydney business owner has backed a local campaign for a bypass of the town and says the ongoing closure of the Victoria Bridge has been detrimental to his income. A Picton business ...

Businesses in the storm-ravaged New South Wales town of Picton have expressed frustration at delays and differences in the way insurance companies are processing their claims. About 30 businesses were ...

A nighttime screening on the side of a barn at Picton Picturefest. (Ian Lefebvre) In 2011, Oliver Skinner, then a 16-year-old film geek, attended a one-off small-town film festival called Picton ...

PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited Picton today in the aftermath of a devastating flood which damaged businesses to announce grant funding opportunities for natural disasters. Mr Turnbull, who ...