A man was maliciously punched and provoked by youths who ran around taunting him in Invercargill yesterday.

No one was home when fire broke out in an Invercargill home and now it's being treated as arson.

A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.

Police are appealing for help to identify this man following a break-in at a liquor store in Invercargill.

A spokeswoman for Auckland Hospital said Tania Dalton's condition had worsened.

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

No one is believed injured in two-car crash.

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Southern Police are warning residents to keep their pets safe after the theft of an American Bulldog and reports of suspicious behaviour concerning dogs.

A Toyota Altezza was set alight in a carpark near Invercargill.

Gun-toting home intruders left a man lying on his lawn with a fractured neck in an attack that traumatised the victim and his partner and child, police say.

When an Invercargill teen was told she couldn't have a horse, she took matters into her own hands.

Don't let the morning cloud fool you - it is set to be a fine Boxing Day for New Zealanders, with Central Otago tipped as the best place to be.

A person has been taken to hospital after a fire in a block of flats in Invercargill overnight.

Overseas associates of missing man John Beckenridge, who abducted his 11-year-old stepson last year, are working with New Zealand police to track the pair down.

Two people are dead and two others are injured after the crash on the Lorne-Dacre Rd in Southland.

At least two more schools have been investigated after complaints about seclusion rooms - including one that was eventually closed.

The state house where John Key famously grew up is being sold by the Government.

Bikers on their way to the Burt Monroe Challenge in Invercargill this weekend have been warned to slow down on areas of loose chip.

Police have warned the public about an Invercargill man on the run, but his mother is hoping she can appeal to his softer side.

Government's plan to sell hundreds of state houses to NGOs has hit another hurdle.

A teen who killed a man with one punch unsuccessfully attempted to have his sentence of two years' in prison lessened. But the Court

Invercargill-based Alliance Group said its pre-tax profit rose by 26.7 per cent to $10.1 million in the year to September, despite difficult conditions.

A blaze which killed a man at a block of flats in Invercargill does not appear to be suspicious, a Fire Service authority says.

A person screamed for sleeping residents to flee their homes as fire raced through a block of Invercargill flats early today.

A Southland Stags rugby player has been sentenced to 18 months' intensive supervision after admitting three charges of indecency in a public place.

A cyclist has been taken to hospital in a serious condition following a crash in Invercargill early this evening. The cyclist - whose

A world-renowned gorilla wants a say on how Invercargill is run according to election hoardings.

Invercargill police find a man with a gun in the second firearm incident in two days.