Southland

Ministerial review of Community Trust resignation sought

The Community Trust of Southland will ask for a ministerial review of the circumstances surrounding the controversial resignation of former chief executive John Prendergast three months ago.

Shooting dogs with bolt guns 'acceptable'

The Invercargill City Council is using a captive bolt gun to euthanise impounded dogs. Stock...

Shooting dogs with bolt guns 'acceptable'

The Ministry for Primary Industries has approved Invercargill City Council's use of a controversial captive bolt gun to euthanise impounded dogs.

Marathon hearing process nears end

Southland Water and Land Plan hearing panel (from left) Environment Southland councillors Lloyd...

Marathon hearing process nears end

Five months after the first hearing was held, only one week remains for Southland's Water and Land Plan hearings.

Champs make the cut for awards

Tina Elers throws a fleece in the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships team woolhandling...

Champs make the cut for awards

Southland's largest spectacle of sheep shearing, the 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, has been named a finalist in the New Zealand Event Awards.

'Moderate' quake shakes South

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck southwest of Invercargill this afternoon.

Help sought after Invercargill assault

Police are appealing for sightings of a man after a woman was assaulted in Invercargill on Monday morning.

Impounded dog shot in head, 'stomped on' in Southland

Gruesome footage has emerged of an impounded dog being shot with a bolt gun and then stomped on by a council animal control officer.

Home invasion in Mataura

Southland detectives are hoping Police Ten 7 viewers will help them in their investigation of a Mataura home invasion in which an elderly man was stabbed.

Teaming up to treat wastewater

Looking over plans for the new wastewater treatment hub near Gore are (from left) Signal...

Teaming up to treat wastewater

The Gore District Council has teamed up with Mataura Valley Milk to build a new wastewater treatment plant.

All agree water is precious but ...

Candidates have different solutions for how we can protect our waterways. Photo: Allied Press Files

All agree water is precious but ...

Water is a hot topic for Clutha-Southland candidates this election and all want to see improvements made going forward.

Environment to be treasured

Good environmental practice is something that should be encouraged and the work done needs to continue in this area, Clutha-Southland candidates say.

Fire doused after coal shed caught alight

Otautau volunteer firefighters extinguished a fire in a coal shed at a property at Fairfax, about 5kms south of Otautau, Southland, after being alerted at 12.25pm today, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said.

Burglary, theft, firearms charges

Burglary, theft, firearms charges

Police recover the pieces of a stolen jet boat in Winton.

Stolen jet boat cut into pieces

Police recover the pieces of the stolen jet boat. Photo: NZ Police

Stolen jet boat cut into pieces

A 21-year-old man has been charged with burglary, theft and firearms offences following a search warrant in Winton yesterday.

Hunters warned to observe rules for poison areas

Recreational hunters are urged not to take deer carcasses off properties that have used...

Hunters warned to observe rules for poison areas

Increased use of brodifacoum poison in Southland prompts a timely reminder for hunters to be aware of where they are taking their wild game from. Nicole Sharp reports.