Rachael Kelly

If getting ready for Christmas stresses you out or feels like a chore — spare a thought for Anne Reid.

I experienced physical, psychological and sexual abuse for much of my life. The stress of the holidays makes it worse. But there's a way out.

Santa isn't the only Christmas visitor arriving in Invercargill in style. Someone with an Airbus A319 private jet at their disposal has chosen to spend Christmas Eve, and perhaps longer, in Southland.

Brian Dillon scored a hole in one at Waikaia on Monday - without swinging a club.

Southern emergency services were kept busy during Christmas Day, with several crashes reported.

South Port's pilot vessel, the Takitimu II, ran aground at Stirling Point at Bluff in the early hours of Boxing Day.

Mataura residents have to wait a bit longer before they can play at the town's new splash pad playground after the consent for the project was delayed.

The Government won't step in to halt progress on Gore District Council's proposed district plan before resource management act reforms are passed.

Charlene Philip and Joshua Dixon were waiting for shops to open at the Invercargill Central shopping mall at 8am on Boxing Day morning.

A fire at Alliance Group's Lorneville plant near Invercargill has caused ‘superficial damage' to a building, a manager says.