Allison Beckham

In the United Kingdom, professional darts tournaments draw crowds of 15,000 per venue every week and players compete for an annual prize pool of 7 million.

A fierce fire that destroyed hundreds of cars and car bodies in an Invercargill wrecker's yard is no longer being treated as suspicious.

One is a cult figure in international professional darts, dominating the sport for more than a decade, amassing an estimated $12 million in prize money and winning 16 world titles.

Invercargill has been included in the Healthy Families New Zealand initiative for all the wrong reasons.

A Southland schoolgirl's simple farm safety idea has earned her provincial and national recognition.

The drivers of a truck and car were injured today after their vehicles collided head-on about 15km east of Invercargill about 10am. Both drivers were the only occupants of their vehicles.

An old lady of the sea has been given a makeover and will soon be taking commercial passengers on Lake Te Anau cruises.

Fire Service and Southern Rural Fire Authority firefighters dampen down the remains of a large farm shed destroyed by fire at Otatara, just east of Invercargill, yesterday afternoon.

The addition of a further three milk-processing plants at Fonterra's Edendale site, 30km east of Invercargill, will boost staff numbers by 38 to 40, the company says.

Collisions, near misses and drivers apparently unaware of motorbikes make riding on New Zealand roads precarious, some of the riders in Invercargill for the annual Burt Munro Challenge say.

Invercargill will soon be the only place in the world where the public can view critically endangered kakapo chicks being hand-reared.

Thanks to southern ingenuity, donations and plenty of hard work, Invercargill's velodrome has been transformed.

Invercargill's Santa Parade was organised in just six weeks, but the results were appreciated by a huge crowd yesterday.

Brian Cowie's face lights up when he recalls the moment his taste buds woke up.

An off-label drug treatment has helped them improve after their severe strokes, and now two southern men and their families want the treatment made available to others in New Zealand.

It is a long way to work for the mobile container crane operators at South Port, Bluff.

Sport Southland has won a Ministry of Health contract to lead an anti-obesity initiative in Invercargill.