Southland

The land at Omaui holds special significance to Māori but other residents were concerned about retaining the view.

An Invercargill man has been sentenced to 200 hours of community work for letting his dog starve to death.

A Ford Courier ute parked on Marine Parade was set a light.

There were two aggravated robberies and multiple burglaries in Invercargill in the early hours of Monday.

No one was injured.

It comes after 10yo Australian girl Tegan Chen died after slipping on rocks into Marian Creek in January 2024.

An old rugby club building in rural Southland could soon be sold for just $1.

A diver is recovering well after being bitten by a shark at Dusky Sound in Fiordland National Park.

A coronial hearing will hear from a witness claiming John Beckenridge and his stepson Mike were helped to escape after they disappeared in Southland a decade ago.

A coroner will hear more evidence about claims the pair died by murder-suicide, or staged their deaths and fled overseas.

Rodents and a contractor had brought down many internet and phone services for the lower South Island, with people across Southland and Otago reporting outages.

A transport watchdog has also found operator RealNZ had lax safety standards and didn't manage fatigue. Audio

The single vehicle crash was reported on Saturday night.

Gloria Harris has been running a nohinohi little owl and ruru morepork rescue service for 30 years. "I've probably cared for close to 300 birds."

Ngāi Tahu and DOC first released takahē on the Ngāi Tahu tribal property of Greenstone Station in 2023 to establish a new wild population.

An Invercargill councillor has apologised for assuming the gender of mayors after initially doubling down on his comment at a meeting.

Remote parts of Fiordland's coast may experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake off the South Island this afternoon.