Free local TV is quietly winning back New Zealanders — and Netflix is paying the price. New research from NZ On Air shows total TV reach, combining linear broadcast and local on-demand platforms, has edged out global video sharing platforms like YouTube and TikTok as the most-used type of media across

A coroner is warning against the Kiwi "do-it-yourself" instinct after a Southland man was killed felling trees at an Invercargill property in May 2021. Edwin Coulter, 54, was struck by a falling treetop while working eight metres off the ground using a pruning belt and chainsaw. He had

A person is in hospital with serious to critical injuries after a truck and car collided at a Mabel Bush intersection northeast of Invercargill on Monday evening. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Grove Bush Woodlands Road and Rakahouka Hedgehope Road about 5:35pm. Police, Fire and Emergency

A freak technical fault almost certainly cost Cormac Buchanan a podium at the British Grand Prix. The 19-year-old Southlander qualified eighth at Silverstone — matching his career best — and was running with the front group when his bike began overheating from the moment the lights went out. A suspected tear-off from

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds has welcomed a decision to fast-track approval of the Hananui Aquaculture Project off Stewart Island (Rakiura), saying it will provide a massive boost for the local economy. "Once it's fully operational, this aquaculture project will produce over 14000 tonnes of salmon per year,

Southland District Council is spending its $1 million Milford Sound windfall on public toilets. Council agreed at its meeting on Wednesday to direct the money — received from selling its two percent shareholding in Milford Sound Tourism Limited — toward renewing and upgrading public toilets along the main tourist route through Southland

A Nightcaps music teacher's songs, written nearly two decades ago and largely sitting in a drawer, are now animated videos watched by children across the country — thanks to a collaboration with SIT's screen arts programme in Invercargill. Nicky Fryer, a teacher aide and music teacher at

Sixteen Southland schools are in line for rooftop solar panels under a $30 million government programme announced as part of Budget 2026. Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds confirmed the selections on Monday, with the list spanning from Halfmoon Bay School on Stewart Island to Drummond Primary School inland, and Otautau School