Latest from Invercargill

'It was them': Woman adamant she spotted missing boy and stepdad overseas

A witness describes her mad dash to tell police what she saw.

Elderly man accused of groping girls when they were children

Two women have come forward to claim a man groped them in a van when they were children.

Wet wet wet: Auckland gets nearly a year’s rainfall in five months

Auckland's rainfall totals are running nearly three times above average in a sopping 2023.

'Do not deserve my love': Concerning texts from boy who vanished with stepdad

The pair have been missing since March 2015 and haven't been seen since.

IRD, creditors chasing $19m from failed Rainbow childcare chain

Employees are owed about $640,000 as "worrying" ECE closure saga claims casualties.

Killer driver sentenced after causing chaos on roads

Joseph Francis Haenga avoided jail, despite his previous conviction for killing a cyclist.

123-year-old southern retailer H & J Smith closing three stores, 220 jobs lost

'The Smiths are such humble people. They’re some of the most experienced retailers in NZ.'

Southland councillor apologises for ‘offensive’ remarks

Repentant local representative realises he can't 'speak for how women feel'.

Invercargill councillor resigns following sexual harassment allegations

Skelt's resignation has triggered a byelection.

Mayor defends use of ‘n-word’ in speech

Mayor's question was not appropriate whatever the context, said one eventgoer.

Black-clad suspect hits four Invercargill shops in 25 minutes

Four shops were hit in the space of 25 minutes in early morning smash and grab raids.

Vanished: Coroner to hold inquest into John and Mike Beckenridge disappearance

Sightings of man and son here and overseas since 2015.

Emergency services at Invercargill fire, smoke clouds CBD

Fire at Turnbull Thomson Park thought to be pile of rubber or hockey turf, witnesses say.

South Island experiences one of the hottest Waitangi weekends on record

Invercargill came agonisingly close to breaking a 24-year-old record.

Judge tells man: 'No point in playing colonisation card’

Judge John Brandts-Giesen tells man 'ultimately, you make your own luck'.

Sandy Graham launches appeal over murder of Dale Watene

She was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum period of 13 years for the murder.

Thief lied about his father’s death

He claimed the money was to pay for his father’s funeral, when his father was still alive.

Train sounded horn before colliding with car, two injured

Black Mazda shunted about 50m in impact with train.