The Latest Breaking News from South Island

Government funding for an unwanted barrier on the South Island’s wild West Coast should be spent elsewhere property owners say.

Five people have died after a boat capsized off the coast of New Zealand - with investigations into whether it was overturned after a collision with a whale. Six people managed to survive the incident, near the South Island region of Kaikoura, on Sa

A third straight day of rain has brought flooding, landslips and road closure to both the North and South islands

Torrential rain slammed the west and north of New Zealand's South Island for a third straight day on Thursday, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes and triggering road and school closures and land slips.

Torrential rains hit New Zealand's South Island on Wednesday, flooding rivers, houses and roads and forcing roughly 200 households to evacuate, media reported.

The South Island’s biggest council suffers a second straight poor survey result – this time from its staff.

When new stock wintering rules designed to protect waterways were imposed on a century-old South Island dairying property, the owners bet their nest egg to build an enormous barn.

Severe gales on New Zealand's South Island mean rescuers cannot reach the site of a light plane crash in the Southern Alps.

New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could be heard across the bottom of the South Island, a smaller fireball was captured two weeks later above Canterbury.