The Government's latest offer to secondary teachers was slammed as ''last minute, half-hearted, and disrespectful'' at a meeting in Invercargill yesterday.
A driver failed to give way at an intersection in Invercargill this morning, causing a two-car crash which sent one of the vehicles ploughing through a fence.
An injured person was trapped in their car for a time this afternoon after the vehicle went off a Southland highway and crashed into a power pole, bringing lines down.
The $5 levy imposed on visitors to Stewart Island has "more than covered" infrastructure costs on the island, Stewart Island-Rakiura Community Board chairman Jon Spraggon says.
A Southland fisherman paid a hefty price for the blue cod he was reeling in when his wallet fell overboard off the coast of Bluff. A lucky find, however, has reunited Ian Swain with his wallet ...
The decision to use a subsurface irrigation system to dispose of Te Anau's wastewater was the ''best outcome to be expected'', the Fiordland Sewerage Options group says.