Southland

A Southland man’s smart watch alerted police after he crashed in a paddock while more than four times over the legal limit.

A Southland teenager who had open heart surgery at seven days old cleaned up at a Gore motorsport championship this season.

Waikaka cattle breeder and community stalwart Rob Hall’s nomination as a Rural Champion comes for his lifelong dedication to livestock breeding and service to the agricultural sector and community.

A Gore exhibition of the work and heritage of a Swiss-born minimalist jeweller will open with a floor talk by the artist.

"I’m going to run until somebody says stop and they better not — there’s too much to do."

An open-ocean tugboat has started towing a stricken oil and chemical tanker off the coast of Stewart Island back to the mainland.