It is time to reconsider oyster farming as the Foveaux Strait wild oyster population declines, a Stewart Island hatchery manager says, but an industry stakeholder disagrees.

A flight bound for Christchurch was forced to return to Invercargill Airport shortly after take-off due to bird strike.

A South Otago man befriended a 15-year-old girl online and bought her soft toys before telling her she would pay him back with sexual favours.

Full access to the Routeburn’s Lake Sylvan Track has finally been restored.

A Gore mother is "in awe" of the community support shown after the death last week of her 9-year-old son Dixon Cribb from a rare from of epilepsy.

Amalgamation continues to be an unpopular issue around the Gore District Council, with questions after a Southland District Council no-show.