Southland

Enivronment Southland has changed the rules around disposing of waste into landfills and offal pits, and those regulating the management of contaminated land.

The South Invercargill legal-high shop targeted by arsonists 12 days ago had been trading without the appropriate licence, authorities say.

Police have launched a criminal investigation after a 25-year-old hunter was shot dead by a member of another hunting party.

A Chilean teenager's death after slipping down a waterfall at Milford Sound last year was a ''tragic accident'', Otago Southland coroner David Crerar has found.

Mayor Tim Shadbolt becoming a wing patron for a crop of New Zealand police recruits.