Families of Verity McLean and Garry Duggan speak about the fatal Invercargill shooting.

Alleged Invercargill shooter and surviving victim knew each other.

Former top cop explains process is important.

Locals and police 'family' shattered after alleged love-triangle shooting.

Invercargill mayor says alleged murder of woman by husband 'devastating' for community.

Couple at centre of Invercargill shooting have children between 9 and 19, a friend says.

Witness describes seeing man putting on balaclava and pulling something out of his jacket.

The Gulfstream jet had blocked credentials when it landed in Wellington last night.

63 minis have hit the road to raise money for charity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Wanted Invercargill siblings snapped taunting police on Facebook.

Rescuer killed by avalanche, John Harrison, was one of New Zealand's top climbers.

A man was maliciously punched and provoked by youths who ran around taunting him in Invercargill yesterday.

No one was home when fire broke out in an Invercargill home and now it's being treated as arson.

A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.

Police are appealing for help to identify this man following a break-in at a liquor store in Invercargill.

A spokeswoman for Auckland Hospital said Tania Dalton's condition had worsened.

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

No one is believed injured in two-car crash.

Astonishing link uncovered between Kiwi soldier who died in Gallipoli and bloodied Turkish family heirloom.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

Southern Police are warning residents to keep their pets safe after the theft of an American Bulldog and reports of suspicious behaviour concerning dogs.

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.