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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper South Island articles  Upper South Island
    The missing tramper found dead on the West Coast over the weekend, is understood to be a 27-year-old German
     4 November 2025
    The missing tramper found dead on the West Coast over the weekend, is understood to be a 27-year-old German
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    People in Kaikoura are being urged to look for nationally vulnerable Hutton's shearwater birds, which may have crash landed
    4 Nov 2025: People in Kaikoura are being urged to look for nationally vulnerable Hutton's shearwater birds, which may have crash landed... more
    Hopes care will speed up at Nelson Hospital's emergency department - as an extension opens its doors
    3 Nov 2025: Hopes care will speed up at Nelson Hospital's emergency department - as an extension opens its doors... more
    A man's been sentenced to two months community detention and 12 months supervision - after assaulting a Nelson dairy owner over a pack of cigarettes
    26 Oct 2025: A man's been sentenced to two months community detention and 12 months supervision - after assaulting a Nelson dairy owner over a pack of cigarettes... more
    A man will remain in custody after a standoff with Nelson police and allegedly threatening to blow up buildings
    24 Oct 2025: A man will remain in custody after a standoff with Nelson police and allegedly threatening to blow up buildings... more
    A person's been arrested following a Police incident in Nelson
    23 Oct 2025: A person's been arrested following a Police incident in Nelson... more
    Nelson Hospital's currently running on generator supply while the network power is being re-established
    23 Oct 2025: Nelson Hospital's currently running on generator supply while the network power is being re-established... more
    Several thousand people have lost power across the upper half and west coast of the South Island
    23 Oct 2025: Several thousand people have lost power across the upper half and west coast of the South Island... more
    Windy conditions look set to hang around, and pose a significant risk for fire affected areas
    22 Oct 2025: Windy conditions look set to hang around, and pose a significant risk for fire affected areas... more
    State Highway 73 at Rocky Point, in the South Island's West Coast is reopen after a slip
    19 Oct 2025: State Highway 73 at Rocky Point, in the South Island's West Coast is reopen after a slip... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper South Island News
     03 Jan: The Central Stags are looking to get their Super Smash title defence back on track in Nelson this afternoon ++++++++++++++++++
     03 Jan: The Central Hinds have claimed a second win over the Canterbury Magicians in three days to move into third on the women's Super Smash ladder ++++++++++++++++++
     28 Dec: Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast ++++++++++++
     30 Dec: Officials are closely monitoring strong winds across the West Coast, upper South Island, and lower North Island, which have left thousands of people without power +++++++++
     16 Jan: Former Kiwis and Melbourne Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona is donning the gloves for the first of his nine contracted boxing matches tonight, against fellow former league player Jeremy Latimore +++++++++
     27 Dec: The holiday drowning toll stands at one - after a person was swept out to sea on Auckland's West Coast yesterday afternoon +++++++++
     10 Jan: MetService has issued a severe weather warning for the South Island West Coast ++++++++

     Upper South Island NewsLinks
      24 Jan: Wellington cliff erosion leads to $2m project to protect a main sewer pipe (RadioNZ)
      15 Jan: Weather: severe thunderstorms, heavy rain warnings for north island, upper south (RadioNZ)
      15 Jan: Heavy rain and thunderstorms on the way, with metservice warning issued (Stuff.co.nz)
      31 Dec: Wed, 31 Dec 2025: 'quite heavy in localised areas ': more rain on the way for new year's eve (RadioNZ)
      30 Sep: Tue, 30 Sep 2025: Fast-moving front set to bring cold snap to south island and lower north (Stuff.co.nz)
      29 Aug: Fri, 29 Aug 2025: Weekend weather: winter to end with thunderstorms, 'significant' wind gusts (RadioNZ)
      29 Aug: Fri, 29 Aug 2025: Weather: a windy, cold start to the weekend (RadioNZ)
      28 Aug: Thu, 28 Aug 2025: Metservice warns of wet, windy weather for new zealand (NewstalkZB)
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     Today's News

    Living & Travel:
    More than 150 people have gathered at Mount Maunganui's Blake Park, braving a cool wind for a vigil for those lost in the landslide 21:57

    Law and Order:
    A 29 year old man has been charged with kidnapping after an incident in Blenheim yesterday morning 21:17

    International:
    A second person has been shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis. Here's what we know 19:37

    Accident and Emergency:
    Further delays in the recovery of those missing in the Mount Maunganui campground landslide 19:27

    Motoring:
    Snell street in Waikato's Morrinsville, is closed following an earlier crash 18:57

    Skiing:
    Scotty James wins fifth-straight X-Games superpipe gold ahead of Milano Cortina Games 18:47

    Rugby:
    Japan international rugby coach Eddie Jones believes league is making big inroads into rugby's traditional domain 18:37

    Soccer:
    The Wellington Phoenix women have rocketed from 9th to second on the congested A-League ladder...after beating Adelaide United 3-1 at home in Porirua 18:07

    Basketball:
    Kiwi Finn Fisher-Black has ended cycling's Tour Down Under with a bang, crossing second in a sprint on the final stage to take 25th overall 18:07

    Cricket:
    Rain is disrupting the men's Super Smash T20 encounter in Christchurch...with the ladder-leading Northern Brave 51 for one in the 15th over against hosts Canterbury, scoring at just over eight and a half runs per over 17:57

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