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House fire kills one, injures seven
A person is dead and seven injured following a caravan and house fire at Invercargill early today.
Man in induced coma after 'huge fireball'
The gas bottle explosion that rocked central Invercargill yesterday, seriously injuring the man transporting it in his ute, is extremely rare and will take some investigating to find out why it blew up, fire experts say.
Two injured in gas bottle explosion
Investigators are picking through shards of glass and twisted metal to work out why a gas bottle exploded in Invercargill today, injuring two people
Police investigating two fires in Invercargill
Firefighters are dampening down hot spots after a block of shops caught fire in Invercargill this morning.
Invercargill indecent exposure
Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to two teenage girls as they walked through an Invercargill park yesterday.
Principal won't be back to say goodbye
A suspended school principal has failed in her bid to be reinstated in time to farewell children at their last school assembly of the year.
Swoop nets members of 'crime family'
A 78-year-old woman and 76-year-old man are among 17 people, most with connections to the Invercargill-based Road Knights motorcycle gang, charged after a police swoop on 14 properties yesterday.
Offer placed on $1 house
An offer has been placed on a large, run-down Invercargill house which is on the market for just $1, according to reports.
No takers for $1 house
An offer has been placed on a large, run-down Invercargill house which is on the market for just $1, according to reports.
Armed cannabis growers jailed
The men involved with a multimillion-dollar cannabis-growing ring in the South Island wore balaclavas and carried firearms while harvesting hundreds of plants, a judge said in the High Court in Invercargill.
Woman charged with attempted murder of baby
Police have charged a woman with attempted murder after a 3-week-old baby was critically injured in Invercargill last week.
Baby injury: Hospital under review
The hospital care received by an Invercargill mother just a day before her baby girl suffered critical injuries is under review.
Baby remains in critical condition
The 3-week-old baby left fighting for its life after a violent incident at her Invercargill home was so badly injured that a policeman had to drive the ambulance to hospital.
Injured baby transferred to Starship
A 3-week-old baby left fighting for its life after a violent incident in Invercargill this morning has been transferred to Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland.
Racist rant taxi driver calls it quits
The taxi driver racially abused in an alarming outburst caught on camera has returned to work, but the unsavoury incident has persuaded him to leave the industry.
Passenger's racist abuse caught on tape
A Pakistan-born taxi driver was subjected to a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse - and it's all been caught on camera.
Woman in court today after suspicious house fire
A woman will appear in court today after a suspicious Invercargill house fire where firefighters pulled out an unconscious occupant.
Fire victim moments from death
A woman was just moments from death when she was rescued from a house fire in Invercargill early this morning, one of the firefighters who saved her says.
'Neighbourly dispute' gets out of hand
A "neighbourly dispute" involving a gun sparked a callout for members of the Armed Offenders Squad in Invercargill.
'Open invitation' for daylight thieves
An alarming increase in thieves breaking car windows in broad daylight to steal valuables has sparked a warning from police that iPods and laptops left on seats are an "open invitation".
Widow in court over Easy Rider deaths
The trial of a Bluff woman who has denied charges laid after the sinking of her fishing boat Easy Rider last year will probably take one week.