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Two arrested over Southland car thefts

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 District Police disappointed by driving behaviour

Southern Police are disappointed with motorists after issuing many infringement notices where drivers were found to be displaying dangerous driving behaviours and driving over...

Second victim located following Manapouri fire (updated)

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...

Air New Zealand flight faces mid-air scare due to technical faults

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: Masterton assault, Gore house fire, pot thefts in Palmerston North

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...

Dramatic video captures flames from Virgin Airways flight VA148 after suspected bird strike

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 and panic: Virgin Australia flight VA148’s emergency diversion to Invercargill

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 faces new Code of Conduct complaint

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...

Man found after several days missing in Milford bush

Police Search and Rescue (SAR) are urging trampers and walkers to take necessary precautions following a rescue operation in the Dore Pass, Milford Track...

Government welcomes smelter agreement

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...

Unexplained death, Invercargill

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...

Mongrel Mob member arrested in Gore, firearm seized

Gore Police have arrested a man allegedly in possession of a firearm in the Gore area. A patched Mongrel Mob member was reported to be...

Five rescued after quickly alerting emergency services, Southland

On Friday night, five young men were rescued after getting lost on the Makarewa Falls track in the Hokonui Hills. Police were advised around 8:15pm...

‘Imam farmer’ ordered to pay over $200K for exploiting migrants

A Southland dairy farm, owned by a prominent imam and dairy farmer has been fined a total of $215,000 for exploiting three migrant workers...

Three District Court judges die in one week

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 in hot water over use of ‘n-word’

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 continue to investigate Waikaia arson

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...

Name Release, Fatal Crash, Bluff Highway

Police can advise the name of the man who died following a single vehicle crash on Bluff Highway, Monday February 12. He was 41-year-old Chad...

Two vehicles sought after suspicious fire in Waikaia

Police investigating a suspicious house fire in Waikaia are seeking sightings of two vehicles of interest. Emergency services were called to the Elswick Street property...

Southern Police investigating suspicious house fire

Police are investigating a suspicious house fire that occurred early on Wednesday morning on Elswick Street in Waikaia. Emergency services were called just after midnight. 'Thankfully...

40 cops descend on Gore address as part of meth supply operation

As part of a joint operation targeting the supply of methamphetamine in the Gore community a woman has been arrested and a quantity of...

Police seek witnesses to fatal Invercargill crash

Police investigating a fatal crash in Invercargill on Monday want to speak with any witnesses to the crash. The crash occurred on the Bluff Highway,...

Police updates – fatal crashes Mossburn and Alfredton

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 6 February 2024. Fatal crash, Alfredton Police can advise one person has died following a crash involving a motorcycle...

Appeal for witnesses following crash in Winton township

Winton Police are continuing to investigate following a serious crash on State Highway 6 in the Winton township yesterday afternoon. One person was transported to...

Police updates – fatal crashes SH25 Kereta and SH94 Fiordland

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 7 January 2024. Name release - State Highway 25 crash Police can now name the man who died in...

Have you seen Bailey?

Police are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of 18-year-old Bailey Keen, who was last seen on Wednesday 27th December, on...

Information sought about Te Anau flares

Invercargill Police are wanting to speak to anybody who has information on flares that were let off last night. Shortly before 10pm, Police received reports...

Fonterra worker awarded $30K over face mask dismissal

The dairy giant was ordered to pay former canteen supervisor Gillian Smyth $30,000 plus 14 months of lost wages, and backpay of superannuation from...

Police updates – unexplained death in Levin, fatal crashes Tuturau and Western Springs

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 23 November 2023. Update: Serious crash, Wyndham Road, Tuturau Police can advise that one person has died following a...

Car thefts on the rise in Southland, police warn

Over recent months Police have noted a sharp increase in the number of motor vehicles being stolen in Invercargill and throughout Southland. Vehicles targeted are...

Book scam a real page turner

When an elderly gentleman came to see him at Gore station speaking in code and talking about local corruption between a Gore bank and...

Man injured following firearms incident, Heidelberg

Police are making enquiries after a man was injured during a firearms incident in Mavora Crescent, Heidelberg, late last night. Emergency services were called to...

Police updates – Kinloch missing person, Invercargill youths caught following car thefts

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 July 2023. Update: Search for person, Kinloch, Taupo Police continued the search for Missing woman Jan-Marie Burton yesterday...

Mavora Lakes missing children found safe and well

The two children reported missing in Mavora Lakes area have been located and are safe and well. At around 10am today searchers located the two...

Search for missing children in Mavora Lakes Southland continues

Searchers have been out overnight in the Mavora Lakes area in Southland, after two children failed to return from a bush walk yesterday afternoon. At...

Operation Pakari – 20 people arrested

At least 20 people have been arrested and 85 charges filed in Operation Pakari, a Southland-based termination focused on violent offending. There have been 20...

Arrests following Southland operation

Months of investigative work has led to the arrest of more than 10 people with known gang links in Southland, for offences as serious...

Milk tanker spill in Brydone, Southland

Emergency services are currently in attendance on SH1 near Nicholson Road, Brydone, Southland, after milk has spilled from a tanker. The road is expected to...

Gore deer killing – police seek information from the public

Police are investigating following a report of a deer being killed in the deer park of Martin Street, Gore. Police believe this has occurred over...

Tuatapere firearms incident – arrests made

Invercargill Police have today arrested two people in relation to a firearms incident this week. About 11pm on Wednesday, Police received a report that a...

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