Luisa Girao

Blood and DNA likely to be from the man who murdered Azalia Wilson were found on the car of his mother, who is on trial accused of discarding possible evidence against her son, a court has heard.

A mother of a convicted murderer on trial for discarding possible evidence against her son allegedly admitted to two witnesses she had “got rid of some stuff”.

The mother of the murderer of Azalia Wilson was woken in the middle of the night of the crime with a request to babysit his daughter — and she did not think it was strange, a court has heard.

A teary conditioning coach described the return of Southland Sharks player Alex Pledger to the basketball courts as a miracle.

The only South Island candidate in The Apprentice Aotearoa wants to show to the rest of New Zealand small-town people "have what it takes".

After a hiatus of a year, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the ILT Kidzone festival has returned to Invercargill, at a new venue, for the school holidays.

It  is time to heal the wounds and for the Invercargill City Council to face its obligations with iwi, Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt says.

Invercargill city councillors will today discuss the establishment of mana whenua roles in council committees.

A man on trial for killing his wife during their belated honeymoon in Te Anau said he snapped and just wanted her to be quiet.

Lights, colours and Maori culture filled the gardens of Queens Park in Invercargill to celebrate Matariki.

Keith Prentice says the secret to longevity is to "live one day at a time".

Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt’s partner plays an unusually large role in the city’s affairs, a pair of council-appointed observers say.

A single mum is ready and looking for an opportunity to return to the workforce.

A judge has described the theft of more than $12,000 by a former The Bachelor New Zealand contestant as self-indulgent.

A contestant of The Bachelor New Zealand was sentenced after she admitted stealing more than $12,000 from her employer and from a social organisation she was part of.

The Southland District Council will immediately start working on a "plan B" following an unexpected budget shortfall.