Police search teams are dusting off a 25-year-old missing person case in a bid to test their new gear.

Flying drones close enough to southern right whales to catch some of the bugs they blow out will help tell scientists more about the effects climate change is having on the planet.

A record breeding season for New Zealand and the world's population of lovable but critically endangered kakapo has seen their numbers shoot up by an amazing 28 per cent to 157 individuals.

Our third island offers friendly locals and an array of adventures.

It's the people you meet - not just the places you go - that make the best travel tales, says Winston Aldworth.

The father of a Southland man shot during a hunting trip to Stewart Island, has pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm.

Police said they arrested an Invercargill man in relation to the fatal shooting of Samuel Phillip Long on March 23.

Footage has emerged of the terrifying moment a 6m great white shark lunged at a dinghy carrying an international film crew off Stewart Island.

Shark diving around Stewart Island will be under the spotlight at a public meeting tonight that is being hosted by New Zealand First.

It’s pitch black and Kina Scollay is in a cage at the bottom of the ocean as huge shapes emerge from the darkness.

A man sparked an Armed Offenders Squad callout on Stewart Island last night.

It's small, but packed with things wild and wonderful, says Elisabeth Easther.

Pamela Wade meets a real brown kiwi and other wild species on an excursion to isolated Stewart Island.

The fishing is as good as its gets, Estelle Sarney finds as she reels in the cod on a trip to Stewart Island.

It's taken 35 years of determined lobbying and a law change, but Stewart Island/Rakiura finally has a visitor levy.

The Southland District Council is preparing to soften the impact of electricity price hikes on Stewart Island after outrage from residents, businesspeople and holiday home owners.

Plans to completely eradicate Stewart Island of pests have been unveiled by anti-cat crusader Gareth Morgan.

The coast appears clear and clean up teams have been stood down in the wake of the diesel spill caused by a fishing boat that ruptured a fuel tank when it struck rocks near Stewart Island.

Environmental groups face a nervous wait to find out how much damage will be done by a boating mishap off the southern coast of the South Island.

A fishing vessel struck rocks off Stewart Island in rough seas late last night and has spilled thousands of litres of diesel.

The first man to swim from Stewart Island to Bluff says he has great respect for the first person to conquer the fickle Foveaux Strait 50 years ago.