Early yesterday, four days after Oyang 70 left Dunedin for the Southern Ocean, the ageing fishing vessel sank in less than 10 minutes, leaving three crew dead, another three missing presumed dead, and questions over why it capsized in favourable weather conditions.
Disaster was averted by quick-thinking Taieri Gorge Railway staff after a locomotive erupted in flames on a viaduct in the gorge yesterday afternoon.
The prognosis for patients seeking appointments at Balclutha's largest general practice is for long waits, after it was hit by its second doctor shortage in as many years.
Being able to vote, travel with a Kiwi passport and play top-level sports for this country appear not to be the drawcards for would-be New Zealanders that they once were.
Cheap airfares have been cleared for take-off and Dunedin is the first airport in the country to offer Air New Zealand travellers stand-by fares.
Southern tourism organisations have claimed almost $1.3 million in government funding aimed at enticing more Australians across the Tasman.
Three teenage boys and a 21-year woman are lucky to be alive after their vehicle went out of control on Signal Hill Rd early yesterday morning.
Tail-gating drivers could be fined $150 as part of a police operation aimed at reducing crashes on Otago and Southland roads.
The Government plans to introduce tough new penalties aimed at deterring would-be wildlife smugglers from entering New Zealand.
Air New Zealand has announced it will boost domestic capacity - including the Dunedin-Auckland sector by nearly 50% next year - just a week after Pacific Blue announced it would leave the New Zealand domestic market.
If Tim Nixon has butterflies he is not showing it.
A 45-year-old Wedderburn woman is in serious condition in Dunedin Hospital with severe burns after the chainsaw she was using erupted in flames yesterday.
A compulsory registration scheme for adventure tourism would be a legacy of the 21-year-old Englishwoman killed two years ago on the Kawarau River, her father said last night.
Damage caused by a truck laden with live crayfish may result in the permanent closure of Waikouaiti's sole fuel outlet.
For Tim Aitken, good-luck charms do not come much bigger than this.
Police are not ruling out an organised crime link, following a spate of firearms thefts from rural properties in Otago and Southland.
Travellers are likely to face higher ticket prices after budget airline Pacific Blue announced it would withdraw from the New Zealand domestic market.
West Taieri residents can "breathe a little easier", after a new $320,000 submersible pump was commissioned at the Waipori pumping station last week.
In a bid to tap into the lucrative tourism and corporate markets, a Dunedin company is offering luxury car rentals for the more discerning traveller.
The Southern region has recorded the largest increase in reported cases of suicides in the country, amid calls from the chief coroner for a more open approach on the reporting of suicide.
