A Toyota Altezza was set alight in a carpark near Invercargill.

Gun-toting home intruders left a man lying on his lawn with a fractured neck in an attack that traumatised the victim and his partner and child, police say.

When an Invercargill teen was told she couldn't have a horse, she took matters into her own hands.

Don't let the morning cloud fool you - it is set to be a fine Boxing Day for New Zealanders, with Central Otago tipped as the best place to be.

A person has been taken to hospital after a fire in a block of flats in Invercargill overnight.

Overseas associates of missing man John Beckenridge, who abducted his 11-year-old stepson last year, are working with New Zealand police to track the pair down.

Two people are dead and two others are injured after the crash on the Lorne-Dacre Rd in Southland.

At least two more schools have been investigated after complaints about seclusion rooms - including one that was eventually closed.

Firefighters went into a burning Invercargill home, fearing a person was trapped inside.

Bikers on their way to the Burt Monroe Challenge in Invercargill this weekend have been warned to slow down on areas of loose chip.

Police have warned the public about an Invercargill man on the run, but his mother is hoping she can appeal to his softer side.

Government's plan to sell hundreds of state houses to NGOs has hit another hurdle.

A teen who killed a man with one punch unsuccessfully attempted to have his sentence of two years' in prison lessened. But the Court

Invercargill-based Alliance Group said its pre-tax profit rose by 26.7 per cent to $10.1 million in the year to September, despite difficult conditions.

A blaze which killed a man at a block of flats in Invercargill does not appear to be suspicious, a Fire Service authority says.

A person screamed for sleeping residents to flee their homes as fire raced through a block of Invercargill flats early today.

A Southland Stags rugby player has been sentenced to 18 months' intensive supervision after admitting three charges of indecency in a public place.

A cyclist has been taken to hospital in a serious condition following a crash in Invercargill early this evening. The cyclist - whose

A police serious crash investigator's report into a fatal accident on the Ladies Mile highway near Queenstown last year was criticised by two peer reviewers.

Five fire engines were sent to the scene at 11.45pm when a tallow tank caught fire at the plant on the northern outskirts of Invercargill.

A man is in Southland Hospital with a gunshot wound following an incident on Sunday.

The young woman killed in a fatal crash in Southland on Thursday has been named as 18-year-old Hayley Taylor.

Police are looking to speak to a woman driver involved in a bike vs vehicle crash in Invercargill on Friday evening.

The irrepressible Tim Shadbolt's three decades as a mayor - at opposite ends of the country - could end next month when Invercargill voters pass judgment.

A teenager high on a cocktail of drink and drugs has been jailed for nearly two years after killing an innocent bystander with a single punch.

Fire has destroyed a farming dealership in Invercargill overnight, where crews faced both roaring heat and freezing weather to save surrounding businesses.

Firefighters are at the scene of a large fire at an Invercargill business early this morning.

The charge comes more than two years after the baby died in a house on the outskirts of Invercargill in January 2014.

Southern District Police are urging all residents to be vigilant and keep all buildings locked after two rural properties near Invercargill were broken into overnight