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Helicopter crashes in Fiordland
A helicopter carrying two people has crashed in Fiordland.
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
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
New Zealand could make much greater use of satellite images, says Southland group.
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.
'No alternative' to putting down whales
A decision to kill 48 pilot whales found stranded on Stewart Island had been difficult but there was no alternative, DoC says.
'I thank my lucky stars I still have one'
Holding his only surviving daughter after a horror car crash, Donald Coulter says: "I thank my lucky stars I still have one. I still wish I had two."
Search continues for man swept away in river
A search will resume today for a missing man thought to have been swept away in a river in Central Otago.