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.

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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.

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.

Tens of thousands of people have watched the video of Shadbolt nipping down to the shops on a push scooter.

The state house where John Key famously grew up is being sold by the Government.

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.

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 world-renowned gorilla wants a say on how Invercargill is run according to election hoardings.

Invercargill police find a man with a gun in the second firearm incident in two days.

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.