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Two 19-year-olds have been charged with murdering a young child in Southland, after the child died at Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to a property in Otautau on Sunday. The child was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Police launched

Sir John Kirwan is bringing the Bledisloe Cup to Invercargill today — and a couple of young players could end up at Eden Park because of it. Mitey, the children's mental health education organisation, is running two events at separate venues in the city this Monday September 28 as

Invercargill loses an hour of sleep tonight. Clocks spring forward at 2am Sunday, September 27, jumping straight to 3am — and no, you don't get it back until April 4. Daylight saving has been New Zealand's twice-yearly ritual since 1927, when entomologist George Hudson lobbied to shift

A wearable arts show that started inside Enliven Southland's care homes last year is going regional — and moving to a bigger stage to handle the interest. Enliven Southland's Wearable Arts Enliven Style will be held at Bill Richardson Transport World on Thursday October 15, from 2pm

Athena Kent spent years feeling the pull to learn te reo Māori and doing nothing about it. Then she signed herself up, set herself a challenge to finish Level 1, and couldn't stop. She's now preparing to complete a New Zealand Diploma in Te Reo at

It's a busy day in town. The Esk Street Food Market runs from 11am to 3pm, with the street closed to traffic and up to 20 mobile vendors serving food from around the world. Right alongside it, Men's Health Day takes over Invercargill Central from 10am

Southland is hosting the South Island's biggest Kī-o-Rahi tournament this weekend — and for the first time, it is not in Christchurch. The South Island Kī-o-Rahi tournament lands at Bain Park in Invercargill today and tomorrow, September 25 and 26, drawing teams from across the South Island in what

Fifty years to the day, Invercargill stopped to remember the only police officer ever killed in the line of duty in this city. A memorial plaque was unveiled today near the corner of Dee and Esk streets — the spot where Constable Peter Murphy was shot while responding to an armed