An Invercargill high school has lost two new classrooms and a vehicle, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, in a large fire today.

An octogenarian from Canterbury says her Lotto First Division win this week was written in the stars, but the astrological advice for today is not to spend up large.

A young man has been killed following a serious car crash in Southland this morning.

The Bluff woman whose company owned the fishing boat Easy Rider, has been remanded again on charges relating to the vessel's sinking in March.

New Zealand can be a small place when you have a secret to hide - so imagine having one worth $20.5 million.

A vintage motorcycle buff kept his $20.5 million-winning Lotto ticket hidden in his sock drawer before claiming the prize because he "wanted the magic" to continue.

A huge fire that raged for almost 24 hours south east of Invercargill has destroyed more than 400ha of an internationally recognised scientific reserve.

An Invercargill meat company has been ordered to pay its former chief executive more than $100,000 in unpaid bonuses, compensation and other costs.

Three teenaged men have been arrested following an alleged serious assault on an Invercargill man that left the victim with a broken nose and fractured eye socket.

Charges have been laid against the widow of the skipper of the Easy Rider over its sinking in Foveaux Strait in March, with the deaths of eight people.

This month's toll of job losses is striking - but it's a reflection of a slowing of the Chinese economy. It's time to look for jobs that have a future.

A Cromwell man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping and indecently assaulting a girl over a nine-year period some 40 years ago.