A slip near the Otago-Southland boundary in the Catlins has closed the Southern Scenic Route between Papatowai and the Niagara-Tokanui Highway.

Justine Tyerman has a few problems with her conscience on the Hollyford Track.

One person is in serious condition and another has moderate injuries after the car they were in smashed into a power pole in Southland tonight.

Cathedral caves and ringing birdsong - the Catlins astound Jane Jeffries.

Police say they still do not know whether bodies have been found in the car linked to missing Invercargill boy Michael Zhao-Beckenridge.

The vehicle linked to missing Invercargill boy Mike Zhao-Beckenridge has been extracted from the sea and loaded on to a waiting boat, where police can examine it.

A Dunedin commercial pilot stabbed multiple times in a bathroom cubicle will make a full recovery, her mother says.

A German tourist thought to be missing has come forward after spotting a photograph of herself on Facebook and contacting police.

Search teams have been deployed into Eastern Fiordland as the search continues for a missing German tourist.

The body of a kayaker has been found on a beach near the mouth of the Waiau River, Tuatapere.

A search is under way for a missing German woman in the Manapouri Hope Arm area in Southland.

Most of the 25 cats owned by Invercargill woman Averil Gardiner have been rehomed to meet a court's deadline.

'The time has come for reality to sink in,' said a judge as he ordered an Invercargill woman to dispose of 22 of cats.

A novice boatie died in a cold Southland lake after the boat's powerful outboard motor broke free, leaving a hole in the hull.

An Invercargill woman went to great lengths to hide her face yesterday during a court hearing over the 25 cats she keeps on her property.

An elderly Southland man who suffered burns to most of his body in a house fire on Friday night has died in hospital, police have said today.

A man was trapped in a wreck for over an hour after a crash between a campervan and a car.

Fire crews around the South Island were kept busy with three large and a number of small fires overnight.

Danielle Wright and family share the water with albatrosses, bottlenose dolphins and sea lions on a wilderness cruise through Doubtful Sound.

Elisabeth Easther finds fascination in a great bank robbery in a beautiful town.

A Southland farmer has been ordered to pay $152,000 in fines and reparations after a worker on his farm was crushed to death in August last year.

A 26-year-old man suffered a fractured skull in a "senseless" unprovoked attack in Invercargill over the weekend.