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Latest Regional - Southland

  • Father fights to bring daughter home

    Father fights to bring daughter home

    Mon, 13th Feb - Under the Hague Convention Simon has fought through the courts for his daughter to be returned home... Read more

  • Man dies in Southland quad bike crash

    Man dies in Southland quad bike crash

    Thu, 09th Feb - A man has been found dead under his quad bike in a ditch filled with 100mm of water following a crash near Invercargill... Read more

  • Teen sheds light on shark close encounter

    Teen sheds light on shark close encounter

    Wed, 08th Feb - A Bluff teenager says her encounter with a great white shark was frightening but not dangerous... Read more


Latest Regional - Southland Headlines

  • Man drowned in sewerage pond: coroner

    Man drowned in sewerage pond: coroner

    Sun, 05th Feb - Stock proof fencing is needed around sewerage ponds on farms after a man drowned trying to rescue a lamb in Southland, a coroner says... Read more

  • Reward offered for info leading to animal killer

    Fri, 27th Jan - Offers of rewards are flooding in from Timaru residents, eager to catch the person who attacked and killed two animals – one, a family cat... Read more

  • Residents protest Mataura coal mining

    Residents protest Mataura coal mining

    Sun, 22nd Jan - Solid Energy's plans for a coal mining plant on Southland farmland has come up against heavy protest this weekend... Read more

  • Alcohol, speed involved in car crashing into bus in Mossburn

    Alcohol, speed involved in car crashing into bus in Mossburn

    Sat, 28th Jan - A vehicle has driven through a give way sign and hit a bus which then flipped on to its side and shunted off the road in Mossburn this morning... Read more

  • Midsummer snow as temperatures plunge

    Midsummer snow as temperatures plunge

    Fri, 27th Jan - Winter has returned to the South Island with snow falling and temperatures plunging quickly as a cold snap sweeps over the country... Read more

  • Offshore quakes shake Southland

    Offshore quakes shake Southland

    Fri, 20th Jan - The first struck just before 8pm, measuring magnitude 5.8 at a depth of 12km... Read more




  • Kakapo death reflects bad season

    Kakapo death reflects bad season

    Wed, 18th Jan - The death of a male kakapo on Codfish Island has capped off a disappointing season for those involved in the birds' recovery programme... Read more

  • Winton crash victim named

    Winton crash victim named

    Sun, 15th Jan - Police say Janice Saunders was killed when a ute hit a power pole near Winton in Southland... Read more

  • South Island job market looking up

    South Island job market looking up

    Tue, 17th Jan - The Hudson Report on employment says 40.1 percent of employers in the region intend to bolster their workforce in the next quarter... Read more




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