The 22-year-old man who died in a crash in Southland on Monday morning was a rugby enthusiast with a ''big heart'' who would do ''anything for anyone'', friends say.
The nation's southernmost region is setting itself the ambitious task of becoming carbon neutral following the announcement the Government will front $190,000 to help fund the project.
The final evidence in the trial of a Southland pilot facing five charges relating to a helicopter crash in 2016 was heard in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.
A man who died as a result of a helicopter crash two years ago was ''totally fine'' and even ''joked'' with the pilot after the crash, a court has heard.
A pilot on trial for his role in a helicopter crash disagrees with a number of people who have given evidence, including a pathologist and the widow of the man killed in the crash.
The Invercargill City Council (ICC) will no longer gift Christmas presents to staff after spending more than $30,000 on Christmas gifts since January 2017.