Luisa Girao

John Fenton has been a model enthusiast since he was a boy.

Two external appointees who are helping Invercargill City Council to deal with its governance issues will cost ratepayers about half of the price originally budgeted.

About 68% of active port workers in Bluff and Port Chalmers have been fully vaccinated, the Ministry of Health says.

The mother of an Invercargill man found guilty of murder admits she took her son to a park on the night of his crime, but she did not notice any blood or injuries on him, a court has heard.

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.

Bloodstains were noticed on some clothes and on motel room bedding where the body of a woman who was allegedly killed by her husband in Te Anau was found, a court has heard.

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.