The Southland Sharks have signed New Zealand Breakers guard Kevin Braswell for the rest of the National Basketball League season.

The Rugby Southland board will step down at next month's annual general meeting.

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.

A specialist fire investigator is being sent in, to find the cause of a house fire in Invercargill.

A helicopter carrying two people has crashed in Fiordland.

Jim Eagles discovers even our threatened species in sanctuary are not afraid to fight for territorial advantage.