The Nelson Mail


The Nelson Mail is a 4-day a week newspaper in Nelson, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It was founded in 1866 as The Nelson Evening Mail; the first edition was published on 5 March 1866. It absorbed another local paper, The Colonist, in about 1906.

Awards and nominations

In 2018, The Nelson Mail reporter Nina Hindmarsh won Best Junior Reporter at the 2018 Voyager Media Awards.
In 2019, The Nelson Mail photographer Braden Fastier was the joint winner of Photographer of the Year at the 2019 Voyager Media Awards. Fastier also won the Best Photography Award at the same event.
Also in 2019, Fastier won the News Photography Award and the News Photography Award from News Media Works.