Election Battlegrounds: South Island electorates to watch
Profiles of the Banks Peninsula, Southland, Nelson, Taieri and Invercargill electorates.
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Invercargill fatality: Police seek info on four vehicles in area before crash
Anyone who witnessed the crash or the aftermath is urged to contact police.
'He wanted to see the world': Southland man aboard ill-fated missing ship
'He was very adventurous, he wanted to see the world.'
Father, baby daughter killed in Southland four-vehicle crash named
Matthew Dale Harris and Ruby Jane Harris were killed in a crash near Invercargill.
Winter 2020: NZ's warmest on record
'By 2040, we might be looking back at this as a normal winter.'
'We shouldn't have to live like this': Mataura resident on third toxic waste scare
Residents of Southland town living with constant threat of toxic waste.
Invercargill school principal resigns
Principal resigned after "a concern was raised with the school's board".
Man jailed for escaping lockdown and spitting at police when claiming to have Covid
One claimed to be infected and spat at police and another entered a quarantine facility.
$5 million Lotto winner kept ticket in car
The couple said not all of their family believed their good news at first.
Your weather: South Island drops to freezing -10C, but sun set to shine
Even in lockdown the sun is set to shine and you can still go out to fish, walk or ride.
Water shortages, severe flooding - July's weather report
It was a month of extremes for rain - or lack thereof.
Friendship ends in court with man ordered to pay $110,000 in unpaid wages
A 50-year friendship ends in court over free rent, gifted land and 7 years of unpaid wages
Frances Sweetman: Smeltdown in the electricity sector
Sector directors face difficult decisions as excess demand looms to swallow dividends.
The Road Ahead: What's really happening in the engine room of NZ tourism
From Queenstown to Hokitika, Covid-19 has caused carnage.
Your weather: Blanket of cloud keeps temperatures high
Blanketing the country, cloud is on the cards until next week.
The Road Ahead: A call for change in the south - what matters to Kiwis right now
In Southland and Otago, those who farm and fish have confidence in The Road Ahead.
Man who stole police guns charged with prison assault
Notorious thief who made off in a police patrol car pleads guilty to prison attack.
Russell Rawiri hangs up his badge after 41 years
Senior Constable Russell Rawiri looks back on an enforcement career with no regrets.
Chilly start but sun coming for most of the country
Frosty start to give way to fine weather for most of New Zealand.
Rat sneaks in, kills 30-year-old tuatara at Southland Museum
"This was one of the first breeding offspring we had at the museum, hatched in 1989."
The minister, the affair and a Paris trip - the fight to salvage public trust
Judith Collins: No place for "revolting behaviours" in Parliament.
The aliases, the cons, the elusive yacht trip: One of NZ's most wanted fugitives jailed
Conman Paul Bennett was arrested as he sailed into Sydney on a luxury yacht.
Revealed: Which regions are driving NZ's emissions?
Canterbury's cows singled out alongside Auckland's cars for driving NZ emissions.
Chilly wintry blast: Deep snow in deep south; storm-force gales in Hawke's Bay
Parts of the South Island are waking to a chilly but stunning winter wonderland.
Widow's grief after husband killed in jet-boat crash
Bridget Speight wants more awareness concerning the dangers of alcohol and boating.
PM's announcement of $100m Southland recovery package scuppered by NZ First
The plan to announce the package was scuppered by New Zealand First at the eleventh hour.
Dangerous, monster 9m waves: Wild weather batters NZ
Hundreds without power in homes and businesses as wild weather ramps up.
Man pleads not guilty to killing wife in Te Anau
The couple had only been married a matter of months before he allegedly killed her.
Fire crews responding to incident at Mataura ouvea site
The potentially hazardous substance is a byproduct of production at Tiwai Point smelter.
Severe thunderstorms threaten the Far North
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the Far North.
Ardern distances herself from Peters' smelter buy-out comments
Peters suggested a buy-out of the smelter – Ardern suggested that's not on the cards
Exclusive: MP Sarah Dowie on leaving politics, Jami-Lee Ross
MP Sarah Dowie speaks for the first time about leaving politics - and that relationship.
'Gigafactory' Tesla plant proposed for Tiwai
Massive Southland plant could generate 8000 jobs and inwards investment of $6.9b.
Snow for South tonight, heavy rain, strong wind in store elsewhere
Snow could fall to 300m in Dunedin this evening, strong winds affect lower North Island.