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Hump Ridge Track, Tuatapere

This <a href='http://www.humpridgetrack.co.nz' target='_blank'>three-day Southland loop walk</a> offers access to spectacular national park scenery and the remnants of what used to be New Zealand's busiest milling town. Once a year, keen hikers take on Stump the Hump - a midnight tramp across the track's 55-kilometre-stretch.

The Catlins: Rare species at home in the wild south

Jill Worrall continues her journey south through the Catlins, the remote coastal region that straddles Otago and Southland.

The Catlins: Discovering a forgotten nugget of NZ

Two decades ago it was mostly only Otago and Southland locals who knew about the Catlins, but the secret's now out, writes Jill Worrall.

Is the proposed Fiordland monorail a good idea?

Here is the latest selection of Your Views...

Fiordland: NZ's newest theme park?

Fiordland National Park is at risk of being turned into a theme park warn opponents of a proposed monorail.

Yes, your March weather was awful

Fatal two-car crash in Southland

The Catlins, South Island

This coastal area which straddles the Otago and Southland regions is home to penguins, sea lions, permanently wind-blown trees and an eye-opening petrified forest.

Career 12: Doors open across the ditch

16-year-old in serious condition after Mossburn collision

A 21 year-old has been seriously injured in an collision between a bus and a car on State Highway 94 at Mossburn in Southland.

Shearing record shattered in shocker

Tornado fears for south North Island

Hail expected to batter South Island

Reinstatement ordered for man fired over internet use

A man fired after alleged excessive phone and internet use at work has won interim reinstatement.

Southern farmers 'crying out for rain'

Grieving dad: 'I watched my son die'