State owned coal company Solid Energy says its plan to build a lignite-to-urea plant in Southland can be viable, even at the upper end of carbon pricing.

Many chefs are turning to diver-caught scallops as a sustainable alternative to dredging.

Records show this home in the Southland town of Mataura (population 1740) was sold to an Auckland-based buyer in February for...

There are claims a mentally ill man who died of a bacterial infection did not receive adequate support from his carers.