Southland

Plans are well under way for the 82nd Grand National Bird Show to be held in Gore this weekend.

Police have named the man who died after crashing his 4WD vehicle into a power pole near Winton in Southland early yesterday.

A man is dead after crashing his 4WD vehicle into a power pole near Winton in Southland overnight.

Dunedin designer Simone Montgomery won the supreme award at the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, but will be keeping her day job as a nurses' union organiser.

When Dale Pfeifer met United States President Barack Obama, the first people she told were her parents back home in Invercargill.