Intrepid trampers or a bunch of softies? Pam Neville puts the case for guided walks.

Pamela Wade finds the unspoiled beauty of New Zealand's southeast is wasted on some.

The designer of the Southland Stadium, the roof of which collapsed under heavy snow in 2010, has been expelled from the Institution of Professional Engineers NZ.

A 37-year-old man was arrested after the Armed Offenders Squad was called to a domestic incident involving a Taser in Southland.

The Invercargill woman charged with keeping too many cats on her city property can be now be named.

It's small, but packed with things wild and wonderful, says Elisabeth Easther.

The Invercargill woman charged with keeping too many cats on her city property is continuing the fight to keep her name secret.

The legs get a workout while the eyes are dazzled by the view on this lushly-forested Southland track, writes a weary but astounded Pamela Wade.

A 19-year-old who suffered critical injuries after being hit by a car near Gore last Saturday night has died.

Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.

No matter what the weather's doing, Pamela Wade finds entertainment in Southland and Central Otago.

Two people have been injured in a collision between a bus and a milk tanker in Southland.

A male pedestrian has been critically injured after being hit by a car south of Woodlands in Southland.

Pamela Wade meets a real brown kiwi and other wild species on an excursion to isolated Stewart Island.

A hunter who was shot dead by a member of another hunting party in Southland yesterday has been named as local dairy farmer Adam David Hill.

'There's quite a lot of devastation in there'. It took more than 90 firefighters to bring a massive blaze in Gore under control at a commercial building.

Invercargill police used illegal and unjustified excessive force by letting a police dog bite and drag a suspected burglar for almost a minute, an IPCA probe found.

A flock of 500 sheep has been found smothered to death in a narrow gully on a Southland farm.

A diversion to look at the scenery turned tragic for a minivan load of tourists in Southland yesterday afternoon.

One person has been killed and several others hurt after a van carrying Chinese tourists crashed in Southland this afternoon.

A shallow earthquake jolted Southland residents from sleep today.