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![Basketball: Sharks snare Braswell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Basketball: Sharks snare Braswell
The Southland Sharks have signed New Zealand Breakers guard Kevin Braswell for the rest of the National Basketball League season.
![Rugby Southland board to resign](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Rugby Southland board to resign
The Rugby Southland board will step down at next month's annual general meeting.
![World Cup venue shifts announced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
World Cup venue shifts announced
Three of the five Rugby World Cup pool matches that were to have been held in Christchurch will remain in the South Island, it was announced this afternoon.
![Helicopter crashes in Fiordland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Helicopter crashes in Fiordland
A helicopter carrying two people has crashed in Fiordland.
![Ulva Island: Battles in flight to rule the roost](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Ulva Island: Battles in flight to rule the roost
Jim Eagles discovers even our threatened species in sanctuary are not afraid to fight for territorial advantage.
![Ulva Island, Southland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Ulva Island, Southland
Ulva Island, in the centre of Stewart Island's Paterson Inlet, is a sanctuary for many of New Zealand's threatened bird species.
![<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Eyes in the skies keeping track of events below](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Eyes in the skies keeping track of events below
New Zealand could make much greater use of satellite images, says Southland group.
![Stewart Island whale stranding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Stewart Island whale stranding
The Department of Conservation said it had to put down 48 pilot whales after a pod of 107 stranded themselves on Stewart Island.