One person has died in a crash on Niagara-Tokanui Highway at Quarry Hills, Southland, last night.
About 8.35pm, emergency services were informed that a ute...
Three men have been rescued after being reported missing while rafting on the Waikaia River near Piano Flat, in Southland.
Police were alerted at around...
Police have smashed a significant Southland drug operation, thanks to some dodgy-looking crockery intercepted by Customs in Auckland, says Detective Inspector Shona Low.
Kilograms of...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 26 January 2025.
Fatal crash, Winton Lorneville Highway
Police can confirm one person has died in hospital following a...
Invercargill Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with multiple incidents of indecent exposure to members of the public.
The man has been released...
ACT MP Simon Court is advocating to abolish licensing trusts in West Auckland, Gore, Mataura, and Invercargill, arguing that the existing rules are outdated...
A 54-year-old Southland man has been sentenced to 10 and a half months home detention after pleading guilty to making numerous intimate visual recordings...
Four Southland men have been caught fishing illegally at the Waiau River mouth as part of a joint operation aimed at enforcing whitebaiting regulations.
The...
The government has stepped in with an additional $50,000 of financial support for farmers and growers in Southland and parts of Otago, as relentless...
Several people were injured, with two in serious condition, following a boat sinking in the Ōreti River near Invercargill.
Emergency services responded quickly to the...
Police located 150 ounces of cannabis, seized $25,000 and arrested seven people in Southland yesterday.
The Southern District Organised Crime Group, assisted by several Police...
A third person has been located deceased after a boat capsized on the Riverton bar yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services and Search and Rescue personnel leapt...
Two people have died and one person remains missing after a boat capsized on the Riverton bar this afternoon.
Emergency services were alerted to the...
Two young people have been charged and Police are appealing for information following recent incidents of unlawfully interfering and taking of motor vehicles in...
Southern Police are disappointed with motorists after issuing many infringement notices where drivers were found to be displaying dangerous driving behaviours and driving over...
A specialist search team has located a second person deceased following a house fire on View Street in Manapouri.
Emergency services were called to the...
Passengers on an Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch to Invercargill experienced a frightening ordeal when their Dash 8 aircraft circled over Foveaux Strait...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 19 June 2024.
Police seeking to locate man following alleged assault in Masterton
Wairarapa Police are urging members of...
Passengers on Virgin Australia's dramatic trans-Tasman flight VA148, which appeared to catch fire after departing Queenstown Airport on Monday evening, have recounted the terrifying...
Flames were seen coming out of a Boeing 737 shortly after it departed from Queenstown on Monday evening.
The Virgin Australia flight VA148, carrying 67...
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is facing a new code of conduct complaint lodged by an 'external party', as confirmed by the council's chief executive...
Police Search and Rescue (SAR) are urging trampers and walkers to take necessary precautions following a rescue operation in the Dore Pass, Milford Track...
The signing of individual 20-year bilateral long-term contracts between the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS), Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, and Mercury NZ will provide...
Police are making enquiries after a man was located deceased near the intersection of Sydney Street and Andrew Street in Invercargill this morning.
Police were...
The legal community is reeling following the deaths of three respected District Court judges within a single week.
Acting warranted Judge Jocelyn Munro of Rotorua,...
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark's use of the 'n-word' in an interview on New Zealand Today has ruffled feathers.
Clark's comments were criticised by Councillor Ria...
Police investigating the arson of a Waikaia property have identified one of the vehicles previously sought, along with further offending potentially linked.
Prior to the...