This pukeko chick may not be being fed by its real mother. Pukeko are often engaged in what is called multiple breeding or "joint laying". Several females may lay their eggs in the same nest with ...

The move to alert level 2 is good news for families like the Rayners of Invercargill. Mum Tania was helping Connor, 13, and Addison, 9, with their school work during the two weeks of alert level 4 ...

TRIBUTES: Ohai artist Darryl Smith with the paintings he sends to people who have suffered disasters. His art in the foreground will be sent to the families of the miners who died in the Pike ...

Blair Vining's national cancer agency petition was formally handed to the Health Select Committee in Wellington on Thursday. Pictured, MPs Simon Bridges, Michael Woodhouse and Hamish Walker ...

Oktoberfest co-organiser Kevin Downie has his fingers crossed for a drop in alert levels next week and allow for his event to be held in Invercargill on October 2.Barry Harcourt / Not-For ...

Volunteers for the Fiordland Coastal Cleanup prepare to clean up Fiordland's beaches. Chris Stevenson / The-Southland-Times A Fiordland beach is an unlikely place to find a pistol, but that's ...

A Northern New Zealand dotterel. There are roughly 1700 New Zealand dotterel left with only 170 Southern New Zealand dotterel left.Shelley Wood Photography / Waiheke-Marketplace Camera footage has ...

The centenary voyage of the TSS Earnslaw from Queenstown to Kingston is under way. The vintage steamship is packed with people dressed in period costume, captains who have taken the ship's wheel ...

GRASS ROOTS: MyFarm supervisor Steve Blyth at a Woodlands MyFarm talking about spring grass conditions with farm manager Andrew Ralph. Rural property syndicator MyFarm expects to have its planned ...

Former Gore District Council chief financial officer Doug Walker was unsuccessful in his bid for the chief executives' role. (File photo)Supplied / The-Southland-Times The Gore District Council is ...

Contact Energy has started geotechnical investigations for an 86-megawatt hydro dam on the Clutha River at Luggate, a project that has been slammed by environmental groups. Project manager Neil ...

Invercargill Tramway’s Birney number 15 has been completely restored and can now be found gracing the streets of Christchurch.Supplied A piece of Invercargill's history is trundling around the ...