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Terror of the forest

The Department of Conservation is asking for the public's help after a juvenile leopard seal was shot and killed at the mouth of the Oreti River near Sandy

Our About the South columnist on a southern icon, the trouble with tutu, and an unpleasant fellow.

The majority of Southland’s waterways are unsuitable to swim in, according to an update in Land Air and Water Aotearoa (LAWA) river quality data.

The full extent of an Invercargill mother and her two sons' connection to the murder of Azalia Wilson can now be fully revealed.

At issue in the trial was whether Patricia knew her son had killed Wilson, or that Wilson was in the process of dying, when she picked him up and drove him to Fosbender Park, near the Oreti River. In summing up the case on Friday, Justice Gerald Nation said proof of wilful blindness would be proof of knowledge. Stuff Samuel Moses Samson was found guilty of the murder of Azalia Wilson, after a three-week jury trial in the in High Court at Invercargill in March 2021. Patricia was called as a d...

Murder of Azalia Wilson: Killers mum - I got rid of some stuff Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 10:13AM Azalia Wilson was murdered on November 17 in 2019 at the Bavarian Motel in Invercargill. (Photo / Supplied) Murder of Azalia Wilson: Killers mum - I got rid of some stuff Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 10:13AM A mother of a convicted murderer on trial for discarding possible evidence against her son allegedly admitted to two witnesses she had "got rid of some stuff". An ex-colleag...

Rachael Kelly17:02, Jun 26 2021 Rachael Kelly/Stuff Some roads in Northern Southland are affected by flooding on Saturday after rain on Friday caused rivers to rise. Environment Southland activated its flood warning system late on Friday after heavy rain fell in the headwaters of rivers in the province, and the Otago Regional Council had issued a warning for one river at West Otago. Environment Southlands flood warning issued at 4pm said the Mataura River was above normal and rising at Cattle ...

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has two carriages but needs to find a small steam locomotive and a guards van to complete a rare static display in the town’s railway precinct.

Environment Southland has activated its flood warning system for some rivers.