A 37-year-old man was arrested after the Armed Offenders Squad was called to a domestic incident involving a Taser in Southland.

The Invercargill woman charged with keeping too many cats on her city property can be now be named.

Angry friends and relatives of a young Southland hunter walked out of court when it became apparent the man who mistook him for a deer wouldn't be sent to prison.

It's small, but packed with things wild and wonderful, says Elisabeth Easther.

The Invercargill woman charged with keeping too many cats on her city property is continuing the fight to keep her name secret.

Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.

No matter what the weather's doing, Pamela Wade finds entertainment in Southland and Central Otago.

Two people have been injured in a collision between a bus and a milk tanker in Southland.

A male pedestrian has been critically injured after being hit by a car south of Woodlands in Southland.

It's a quiet place to get away from it all - and packed with interest, says Elisabeth Easther.

Three lives have been claimed on the Riversdale-Waikaia Road in Southland late last night, according to police.

Pamela Wade meets a real brown kiwi and other wild species on an excursion to isolated Stewart Island.

A hunter who was shot dead by a member of another hunting party in Southland yesterday has been named as local dairy farmer Adam David Hill.

'There's quite a lot of devastation in there'. It took more than 90 firefighters to bring a massive blaze in Gore under control at a commercial building.

A flock of 500 sheep has been found smothered to death in a narrow gully on a Southland farm.

A diversion to look at the scenery turned tragic for a minivan load of tourists in Southland yesterday afternoon.

One person has been killed and several others hurt after a van carrying Chinese tourists crashed in Southland this afternoon.

A shallow earthquake jolted Southland residents from sleep today.

The gas bottle explosion that rocked central Invercargill yesterday, seriously injuring the man transporting it in his ute, is extremely rare and will take some investigating to find out why it blew up, fire experts say.

Investigators are picking through shards of glass and twisted metal to work out why a gas bottle exploded in Invercargill today, injuring two people

The fishing is as good as its gets, Estelle Sarney finds as she reels in the cod on a trip to Stewart Island.

Police have named the 3-month-old boy who died after suffering serious injuries at a Southland address on Monday. He was Honour Shamrock