This coastal area which straddles the Otago and Southland regions is home to penguins, sea lions, permanently wind-blown trees and an eye-opening petrified forest.

Beneath the Catlins mist lurks a wilderness so ancient, it’s like taking a gigantic step back to the Jurassic period, writes Julia Shallcrass.

A terminally ill Roxburgh man who shot his wife of 43 years because she was leaving him has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Two 22-year-olds who failed to report from a rafting trip on the Taieri River in Otago have been found safe and well.

Tourists heading for the snow this winter will be able to get extra flexibility from a scheme run by South Island skifields.

Sarah Payne knows exactly where her best friend, Jane Bishop, made the fateful decision...

The elegant charm of lakeside Queenstown brings on an old-fashioned feeling of serenity for this lucky couple.

Police in Wanaka are determined to "get to the bottom" of a series of incidents involving a naked man engaging in...

Shareholders of Dairy Holdings Ltd, which owns 58 dairy farms in the South Island, have bought shares owned by the collapsed South Canterbury Finance.

A good Samaritan who helped rescue a mother and her toddler from Otago Harbour yesterday watched...