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An inmate's died at Invercargill Prison - believed to be from natural causes

20 November 2025

An inmate's died at Invercargill Prison - believed to be from natural causes

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Wellington are scrambling on the third day of cricket's Plunket Shield opening round against Otago at the Basin Reserve
	20 Nov 2025: Wellington are scrambling on the third day of cricket's Plunket Shield opening round against Otago at the Basin Reserve... more

Three overnight fires in Dunedin are being treated as suspicious
	18 Nov 2025: Three overnight fires in Dunedin are being treated as suspicious... more

Southland Police are looking for two people who lured a man in his 50s out of his house and assaulted him, after claiming to have a flat tyre
	17 Nov 2025: Southland Police are looking for two people who lured a man in his 50s out of his house and assaulted him, after claiming to have a flat tyre... more

It'll now be easier for travellers to go between beaches and snow - with Air New Zealand announcing a new non-stop seasonal service between Queenstown and Brisbane
	17 Nov 2025: It'll now be easier for travellers to go between beaches and snow - with Air New Zealand announcing a new non-stop seasonal service between Queenstown and Brisbane... more

Travellers are advised of a serious incident on State Highway 6 at Central Otago's Kawarau Gorge that may result in delays
	16 Nov 2025: Travellers are advised of a serious incident on State Highway 6 at Central Otago's Kawarau Gorge that may result in delays... more

Nearly 50 thousand passengers are expected to fly into Queenstown Airport, for one of its busiest weekends of the year
	14 Nov 2025: Nearly 50 thousand passengers are expected to fly into Queenstown Airport, for one of its busiest weekends of the year... more

A warning for helicopter pilots - to more critically assess landing locations, after a near-miss in Fiordland National Park this year
	13 Nov 2025: A warning for helicopter pilots - to more critically assess landing locations, after a near-miss in Fiordland National Park this year... more

Fireworks have caused a 200 by 200 square metre fire on Southland's Oreti Beach
	13 Nov 2025: Fireworks have caused a 200 by 200 square metre fire on Southland's Oreti Beach... more

Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees
	12 Nov 2025: Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees... more

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Most Popular Recent Lower South Island News

04 Jan: Otago Police are appealing for the public's help after a ute was stolen from a local address with the owner's dogs still inside +++++++++++++++

05 Jan: One person has died following a single-vehicle crash in Wanaka ++++++++++++

10 Jan: Otago University is giving high school students a taste of Dunedin student life ++++++++++++

31 Dec: The Otago men have beaten Central Districts by 41 runs in Super Smash T20 cricket at Alexandra +++++++++++

23 Dec: State Highway 8 between Lindis Pass and Omarama is still closed, after a crash more than four hours ago ++++++++++

07 Jan: Three Lotto players from Auckland, Matamata and Timaru are in for a treat after sharing one million tonight +++++++++

01 Jan: Five people have been injured after a three-vehicle crash east of Queenstown +++++++++

Lower South Island NewsLinks

12 Jan: Kiwi kai stops: paua bites, cheese rolls and lamingtons to leave home for (Stuff.co.nz)

9 Jan: Deep 5.4 earthquake in taranaki jolts lower north island (RadioNZ)

30 Dec: Tue, 30 Dec 2025: Palmerston north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

30 Dec: Tue, 30 Dec 2025: Palmerson north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: Water pollution warnings for wellington, lower hutt (RadioNZ)

12 Dec: Fri, 12 Dec 2025: Warm temps ‘swept away’ for cooler and windier conditions (Stuff.co.nz)

11 Dec: Thu, 11 Dec 2025: Split forecast: sunshine up top, showers for the lower south (Stuff.co.nz)

14 Nov: Fri, 14 Nov 2025: Lower hutt's popular queensgate night market canned over health and safety concerns (RadioNZ)

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Today's News

Lower South Island:
A breakaway group of five riders is threatening to extend off the front of the peloton approaching halfway on the 148-kilometre third stage of cycling's Tour of Southland from Riverton to Te Anau 11:47

Environment:
Northland Civil Defence is warning streams and rivers could rise rapidly - as more wet and windy weather pummels the upper North Island 11:37

Business:
Fletcher Building is selling off its construction arm to a French multinational 11:17

National:
Why Keir Starmer had to speak out against Trump over Greenland after staying quiet on Venezuela 11:17

Living & Travel:
China ramps up crackdown on Christians amid global political pressures 11:17

Cricket:
Black Caps wicketkeeper Tom Blundell is relishing time without gloves in T20 Super Smash cricket 10:47

Politics:
‘We got lazy and complacent’: Swedish pensioners explain how abolishing the wealth tax changed their country 10:37

Living & Travel:
The air force's Ohakea base has been unstaffed overnight since the pandemic, effectively closing New Zealand to overseas aircraft in some circumstances 10:27

National:
How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now 10:27

National:
A year on from his second inauguration, Trump 2.0 has one defining word: power 10:17

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