Helicopter crashes in Canterbury
A helicopter has crashed on the Banks Peninsula, less than 24 hours after two hunters walked away from a crash in Fiordland.
A helicopter has crashed on the Banks Peninsula, less than 24 hours after two hunters walked away from a crash in Fiordland.
Weather for the school holidays has been fairly good across the country, despite the current rain warnings in the west.
Stadium Southland organisers have adopted the slogan "Game on 2012" after having a multi-million dollar insurance claim for their collapsed roof accepted today.
The Ranfurly Shield is up grabs but both Southland and Auckland have avoided making it a main focus ahead of Thursday's clash.
Southland Rugby is certain tomorrow night's Ranfurly Shield match will go ahead against Auckland in Invercargill.
Auckland have made six changes for their Ranfurly Shield challenge tomorrow, reintroducing several All Blacks.
Auckland's preparing to deal with the possibility of snow in Thursday night's Ranfurly Shield match against Southland.
Questions are being raised about the strength of Stadium Southland's now collapsed roof.
Edgar Centre general manager Blair Crawford is encouraging the Southern Steel to shift base to Dunedin.
The roof of Stadium Southland, which was lowered 15 metres and had its pitch reduced to appease neighbours, suffered sagging problems during construction.
The Southern Steel will be looking for a new home next season after Stadium Southland suffered extensive damage in a snow storm.
Heavy snow in Invercargill has caused Stadium Southland's roof to collapse.
Police investigating the killing of Manawatu farmer Scott Guy have moved the focus of their investigation to Invercargill.
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