Karen Pasco

More than 500 new native plants are in the ground on Petra and Dirk Dietsche’s property near Drummond in Southland after a community planting day yesterday.

Only one juror believed Balclutha man Rodney Fallowfield (53) was guilty of murdering Shirley Reedy in a Te Anau motel on May 15 last year.

A jury will begin deliberations today to decide whether Balclutha man Rodney Fallowfield killed or injured his wife Shirley Reedy intentionally, after Justice Jan-Marie Doogue sums up the case this...

Trying to take away the stigma of gaming as an anti-social pastime is just one of the reasons Invercargill Gaming Event organiser James Wards holds monthly sessions for children and teenagers in...

A woman thought she was going to die the day Rodney Fallowfield sat on her and pushed his thumbs into her throat, strangling her until everything went blurry.

A seven-year fight to rid Mataura of toxic ouvea stored at its former paper mill is finally over with one of the Sort out the Dross campaigners exclaiming "thank God it’s gone".

An Invercargill sculpture will be moved this week but it is uncertain yet where its final destination will be.

The Southland District Council may have to appoint a person on the Oraka Aparima Community Board if no nominations are received for the vacant position.

Labour list MP Liz Craig says it is unclear whether banning synthetic urine will make workplaces safer or just lead people to other ways of trying to beat drug tests.

While the new Dunedin hospital advisory group has representation from the NZ Transport Agency, the absence of a Southland "voice" has spurred the Invercargill City Council to take action.

An Invercargill city councillor was applauded by members of the public when he expressed his opposition to the length of time expected to get the Southland Museum and Art Gallery up and running.

Little fingers just wanted to scoop up the icing on top of the cake at Grasmere Kindergarten’s 50th anniversary celebration in Invercargill yesterday.

Audit New Zealand has highlighted issues the Invercargill City Council needs to urgently work on, including its non-compliance with the Holidays Act.

The good-humoured and the brave took to the water in Riverton yesterday for this year’s midwinter swim.

The Southland District Council has hit back at falsehoods swirling around social media by using the very same forum to set the record straight.