Southland
Southland community leader wins 2016 Anzac Award
A former midwife who has lived in Mataura for 33 years has received the 2016 Anzac Award for "ordinary people doing extraordinary things". Audio
Coalition against 'horrific' hospital food
Unions, Greypower and opposition MPs have joined forces to call for an end to what has been labelled "disgusting" food served in Dunedin Hospital. Video
Man's body recovered from Southland river
The body of a 69-year-old Invercargill man has been recovered from the Mokoreta River in Southland. Neil Stirling was reported missing to police yesterday. Thirty volunteers had been searching for...
Compass meets with Southern DHB over meals
For weeks now, we've been covering the food a company called Compass is providing to Dunedin Hospital, Southland Hospital and meals on wheels recipients in the Otago-Soutland area. Audio
Teen charged over Invercargill death
A 16-year-old has been charged with the manslaughter of a 40-year-old man in Invercargill.
Anger over glacier chopper plan
A plan to greatly increase daily helicopter landings in a remote part of the Fiordland National Park is potentially hazardous, park users say.
Ammonia leak at Bluff's port contained
An ammonia leak that could have posed a major risk to the public at the port in Bluff, has been contained.
A business with heart
Southland Disability Enterprises is a place where people with disabilities find work and friendship - but it depends, in part, on a scheme that pays its workers less than minimum wage. Audio
Two dozen complaints over 'disgusting' hospital food
A former patient at Dunedin Hospital says almost everyone in his ward refused to eat the food served to them, because it was disgusting. Audio
Southern DHB walks away from 15 year dispute
The Southern District Health Board has decided to walk away from a 15-year dispute with a doctors organisation without a resolution. Audio
Southern DHB walks away from 15 year dispute
The head of the Southern district health board says it was time a draw a line under its 15 year dispute with South Link Health. Audio
DHB's 15 year fight for $5m ends in nothing
The Southern District Health Board has given up on a $5 million, 15-year dispute with a doctors' organisation.
Fiona Pardington: photography, family and objets trouve
Colin Peacock interviews one of New Zealand's most celebrated photographers whose new book, A Beautiful Hesitation, is published in tandem with the largest exhibition of her work to date, currently… Audio, Gallery
MPI investigates potentially devastating plant pest
The Ministry of Primary Industries is investigating cases of the potentially devastating plant pest, velvetleaf. Ian Telfer reports. Video, Audio
Leaves, not eggs, in Southland Easter hunt
Teams of biosecurity staff in Southland have been out each day over Easter trying to locate outbreaks of devastating pest plant velvetleaf.
Queenstown divided over anniversary
Queenstown's Chamber of Commerce wants a decision to be made over which anniversary holiday the town should mark.
Southland latest region to discover destructive pest weed
Southland is the latest region where the potentially devastating pest plant velvetleaf has made an appearance.
Amelia Dunbar and Emma Newborn: bitches and woolsheds
Creators of the hit touring show The Bitches' Box, who are acting as dogs again in the new show, Sons of a Bitch, which tours to 19 woolsheds throughout the South Island in April, alongside… Audio
Andrew Digby: kakapo genomics and conservation
Former astronomer who became captivated with conservation when he came to New Zealand in 2006, and is now the scientist on the Kakapo Recovery team, providing advice to guide the conservation of the… Audio
Man trapped in Southland silo
A man is in a serious condition after being trapped in a grain silo in Southland this morning.
