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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper South Island articles  Upper South Island
    Warnings for South Islanders on the West Coast and Otago - over incoming heavy rain
     7 May 2025
    Warnings for South Islanders on the West Coast and Otago - over incoming heavy rain
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    The second round of the Byron Nelson PGA Tour event has been suspended due to darkness, after the start of play was delayed by storms ... some players are yet to to tee off in their second rounds
    3 May: The second round of the Byron Nelson PGA Tour event has been suspended due to darkness, after the start of play was delayed by storms ... some players are yet to to tee off in their second rounds... more
    A coroner says clear instructions about the safe use of a woodburner, may have avoided the death of a tourist on the South Island's West Coast
    2 May: A coroner says clear instructions about the safe use of a woodburner, may have avoided the death of a tourist on the South Island's West Coast... more
    Two people have been charged after Police seized six rifles and 163 rounds of ammunition in rural Cheviot, near Kaikoura
    23 Apr: Two people have been charged after Police seized six rifles and 163 rounds of ammunition in rural Cheviot, near Kaikoura... more
    A Frenchman on a working holiday's hoping to avoid a conviction for fighting police officers near Nelson
    16 Apr: A Frenchman on a working holiday's hoping to avoid a conviction for fighting police officers near Nelson... more
    State Highway 6 between Blenheim and Nelson has reopened after an earlier crash near Canvastown closed it
    13 Apr: State Highway 6 between Blenheim and Nelson has reopened after an earlier crash near Canvastown closed it... more
    More than 1000 people have made a chain around Nelson Hospital today, to demand funding for better care
    12 Apr: More than 1000 people have made a chain around Nelson Hospital today, to demand funding for better care... more
    A call to action, as Gisborne hospital staff shortages become even more critical
    4 Apr: A call to action, as Gisborne hospital staff shortages become even more critical... more
    A Blenheim man has pleaded guilty to his mother's murder
    4 Apr: A Blenheim man has pleaded guilty to his mother's murder... more
    A degree of closure for those impacted by the fatal boat capsize off Kaikoura in 2022
    4 Apr: A degree of closure for those impacted by the fatal boat capsize off Kaikoura in 2022... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper South Island News
     23 Oct: A person's been arrested following a Police incident in Nelson ++++++++++++++++++++
     19 Oct: State Highway 73 at Rocky Point, in the South Island's West Coast is reopen after a slip +++++++++++
     23 Oct: Nelson Hospital's currently running on generator supply while the network power is being re-established +++++++++++
     10 Nov: A measles case has popped up in Nelson, with currently no known links to previous cases ++++++++++
     19 Oct: A new service connecting Marlborough and Christchurch takes off today +++++++++
     09 Nov: Rain has denied the Black Caps their first opportunity to wrap up their T20 international cricket series against the West Indies +++++++++
     23 Oct: Several thousand people have lost power across the upper half and west coast of the South Island +++++++++

     Upper South Island NewsLinks
      30 Sep: Fast-moving front set to bring cold snap to south island and lower north (Stuff.co.nz)
      29 Aug: Weekend weather: winter to end with thunderstorms, 'significant' wind gusts (RadioNZ)
      29 Aug: Weather: a windy, cold start to the weekend (RadioNZ)
      28 Aug: Metservice warns of wet, windy weather for new zealand (NewstalkZB)
      28 Jul: Atmospheric river to bring more heavy rain, strong winds to northland, auckland, upper south island (NZ Herald)
      16 Jul: ‘we haven’t come to terms with it yet’: manager of country’s largest farm quits suddenly (Stuff.co.nz)
      20 Jun: Forecast suggests best chance of seeing matariki stars on east coast (RadioNZ)
      31 May: North and south korea are in an underground war - kim jong un might now be winning (BBCWorld)
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